Optimal Congressional Apportionment

DOI10.1080/00029890.2008.11920530MaRDI QIDQ3505093zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Robert A. Agnew

Publication date 18 June 2008

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2008.11920530

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial probability (60C05) Multi-objective and goal programming (90C29) Voting theory (91B12)

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