OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Edited by S.M. Pollock, M.H. Rothkopf and A. Barnett
CHAPTER 15
Apportionment
M.L. Balinski and H.P Young
1. Introduction*
2. Formulation of the problem
3. Textbook methods
4. Historical methods
5. Hamilton's method
6. Pairwise comparisons
7. Bias
8. Population monotonicity
9. Conclusion
10. The 1991 debate
11. A short guide to the literature
References
Appendix - Apportionments based on 1980 and 1990 census
Note added in proof
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