Stochastic modeling of congress

DOI10.1080/0022250X.2011.629065zbMATH Open1275.91044arXiv1001.3732OpenAlexW3099139603MaRDI QIDQ2862334FDOQ2862334

Authors: M. V. Simkin, Vwani Roychowdhury 

Publication date: 14 November 2013

Published in: The Journal of Mathematical Sociology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We analyze the dynamics of growth of the number of congressmen supporting the resolution HR1207 to audit the Federal Reserve. The plot of the total number of co-sponsors as a function of time is of "Devil's staircase" type. The distribution of the numbers of new co-sponsors joining during a particular day (step height) follows a power law. The distribution of the length of intervals between additions of new co-sponsors (step length) also follows a power law. We use a modification of Bak-Tang-Wiesenfeld sandpile model to simulate the dynamics of Congress and obtain a good agreement with the data.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.3732

Recommendations

• Noisy voter model for the anomalous diffusion of parliamentary presence
• A stochastic complex network model
• Simulation of three-tier system ``power-society based on cellular automata
• Political behavior of a deputy and voting prediction in a legislative body
• Voting in a stochastic environment: the case of two groups

zbMATH Keywords

collective dynamicsmathematical modelingsocial influence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Individual preferences (91B08) Applications of stochastic analysis (to PDEs, etc.) (60H30)

Cites Work

• Power-law distributions in empirical data
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)

Cited In (5)

• Noisy voter model for the anomalous diffusion of parliamentary presence
• An empirical model for electronic submissions to conferences
• Exploring ideological signals from cosponsorship
• A signaling theory of congressional oversight
• A stylized model of overrepresentation and quality in the congress

Uses Software

• plfit

This page was built for publication: Stochastic modeling of congress

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2862334)