A 0-1 knapsack model for evaluating the possible electoral college performance in two-party US presidential elections

DOI10.1016/J.MCM.2007.10.012MaRDI QIDQ1007645zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. S. Belen'kij

Publication date 23 March 2009

Published in Mathematical and Computer Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2007.10.012

zbMATH Keywords

integer linear programmingKnapsack problemelectoral collegepopular voteelectoral vote

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History, political science (91F10) Integer programming (90C10) Voting theory (91B12)

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Cites work

• A minimal algorithm for the multiple-choice knapsack problem
• Calculating the minimal fraction of the popular vote to win the U.S. presidency in the electoral college
• Discrete-variable extremum problems
• Dynamic Programming and Strong Bounds for the 0-1 Knapsack Problem

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• A mathematical programming approach to key-based election analysis
• A note on permutations and rank aggregation
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• A modified ``winner-take-all rule for awarding state electoral votes in US presidential elections and a game model for its analysis
• A mixed integer linear program for election campaign optimization under D'Hondt rule

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Uses Software

• Knapsack

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