Three Applications of Entropy to Gerrymandering
Information Theory
2020-11-05 v2 Computers and Society
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Abstract
This preprint is an exploration in how a single mathematical idea - entropy - can be applied to redistricting in a number of ways. It's meant to be read not so much as a call to action for entropy, but as a case study illustrating one of the many ways math can inform our thinking on redistricting problems. This preprint was prepared as a chapter in the forthcoming edited volume Political Geometry, an interdisciplinary collection of essays on redistricting. (mggg.org/gerrybook)
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@article{arxiv.2010.14972,
title = {Three Applications of Entropy to Gerrymandering},
author = {Larry Guth and Ari Nieh and Thomas Weighill},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.14972},
year = {2020}
}