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Letter to the Editor---Apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives: A Minimum Range, Integer Solution, Allocation Problem

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  • Oscar R. Burt

    (University of California, Davis)

  • Curtis C. Harris

    (University of California, Davis)

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The following allocation problem was encountered in considering optimal distribution of the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states. It is impossible to have perfect equality of representation because fractional representation is not allowed, consequently, there has been a long history of controversy over criteria of equality.

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  • Oscar R. Burt & Curtis C. Harris, 1963. "Letter to the Editor---Apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives: A Minimum Range, Integer Solution, Allocation Problem," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 11(4), pages 648-652, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:11:y:1963:i:4:p:648-652
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.11.4.648
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    1. Biró, Péter & Kóczy, László Á. & Sziklai, Balázs, 2015. "Fair apportionment in the view of the Venice Commission’s recommendation," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 32-41.
    2. Paul Edelman, 2015. "Voting power apportionments," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 44(4), pages 911-925, April.
    3. Kóczy Á., László & Biró, Péter & Sziklai, Balázs, 2012. "Választókörzetek igazságosan? [Fair apportionment of voting districts in Hungary]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(11), pages 1165-1186.
    4. Balázs R Sziklai & Károly Héberger, 2020. "Apportionment and districting by Sum of Ranking Differences," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(3), pages 1-20, March.
    5. Laszlo A. Koczy & Balazs Sziklai, 2018. "Bounds on Malapportionment," CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS 1801, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.

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