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Title: NEUTRAL RADISTRICTING USING A MULTI-LEVEL WEIGHTED GRAPH PARTITIONING ALGORITHM

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: A system and method for partitioning a map into a plurality of disjoint regions each representing a respective continuous bounded geographic region , comprising : receiving a data set representing a geographic region having geographic varia tions , and a partitioning objective ; partitioning the data so that the partitioning objective is met , using a distinct con dition , to produce a plurality of partitioned geographic regions , dependent on at least the geographic variations and characteristics of the data and the initial condition . A plu rality of initial conditions or distinctness criteria applied to the partitioning as the distinct criterion , to produce a plu rality of different maps . The plurality of maps may then be compared according to a fitness criterion.

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Authors: Magleby, Daniel B.; Mosesson, Daniel B.

Publisher: United States Patent Application

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Population Data Science

Countries: United States