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The website is down, so I don't have much to say. But I will be very interested in how the authors define 'fairness' for this sort of problem. Algorithms are f
by clircle 6y ago
The website is down, so I don't have much to say. But I will be very interested in how the authors define 'fairness' for this sort of problem.
Algorithms are fair right guys? It can't be biased if it's just math. \s
- Rebelgecko 6y agoI can't access the website either, but I'm really curious to see if their definition of fairness creates districts that violate the majority-minority rules in the Voting Rights Act
- totalZero 6y agoOne advantage of a system like this can be the static nature of the objective function. If you set the rules up clearly beforehand (perhaps in a Constitutional amendment), then after a while the ebb and flow of two-party politics will balance out in the new reality (see Duverger's Law) and you no longer have to deal with gerrymandering.