A mathematical model for distributing seats

A mathematical model for distributing seats

0.00 Avg rating0 Votes
Article ID: iaor20041656
Country: China
Volume: 32
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 541
End Page Number: 548
Publication Date: Jan 2002
Journal: Mathematics in Practice and Theory
Authors:
Keywords: voting
Abstract:

In this paper, we give a method to appraise ways of distributing seats in an election. At the same time, we analyze the merits and defects of these. In this way, we get an optimal method for distributing seats as following: every party gets the seats according to the value bi=(2ni+1)/pi, 1≤i≤m.

Reviews

Required fields are marked *. Your email address will not be published.