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公平划分与选区重划

Fair Division and Redistricting

Zeph Landau, Francis Edward Su

AI总结:

本文介绍公平划分思想在选区重划中的应用,通过平衡各方利益并引入交互式步骤,实现与现有标准协同的公平性保证。

摘要:

近期,Landau、Reid和Yershov为选区重划问题提供了一种新颖的解决方案。该方案并非试图通过限制可能地图的形状或将绘制地图的权力赋予无偏见的实体来确保公平,而是通过平衡相互竞争的各方利益来确保公平。这种解决方案是所谓的“公平划分”解决方案的一个实例——此类解决方案涉及所有参与方的偏好,并附有对特定明确公平概念的严格保证。在这篇阐述性文章中,我们结合这一选区重划解决方案,介绍公平划分的思想。通过示例和讨论,我们阐明公平划分方法如何通过引入一个交互式步骤,在现实的选区重划解决方案中发挥重要作用,该步骤融入了某种公平性,可与良好选区重划解决方案所需或期望的其他标准协同使用,而非替代它们。

英文摘要:

Recently, Landau, Reid and Yershov provided a novel solution to the problem of redistricting. Instead of trying to ensure fairness by restricting the shape of the possible maps or by assigning the power to draw the map to nonbiased entities, the solution ensures fairness by balancing competing interests against each other. This kind of solution is an example of what are known as "fair division" solutions--- such solutions involve the preferences of all parties and are accompanied by rigorous guarantees of a specified well-defined notion of fairness. In this expository article, we give an introduction to the ideas of fair division in the context of this redistricting solution. Through examples and discussion we clarify how fair division methods can play an important role in a realistic redistricting solution by introducing an interactive step that incorporates a certain kind of fairness that can be used in concert with, and not a substitute for, other necessary or desired criteria for a good redistricting solution.

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