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A multiplicative process for generating the rank-order distribution of UK election results

verfasst von: Trevor Fenner, Mark Levene, George Loizou

Erschienen in: Quality & Quantity | Ausgabe 3/2018

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Human dynamics and sociophysics suggest statistical models that may explain and provide us with a better understanding of social phenomena. Here we propose a generative multiplicative decrease model that gives rise to a rank-order distribution and allows us to analyse the results of the last three UK parliamentary elections. We provide empirical evidence that the additive Weibull distribution, which can be generated from our model, is a close fit to the electoral data, offering a novel interpretation of the recent election results.

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Titel: A multiplicative process for generating the rank-order distribution of UK election results
verfasst von: Trevor Fenner
Mark Levene
George Loizou
Publikationsdatum: 04.04.2017
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Quality & Quantity / Ausgabe 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0033-5177
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7845
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-017-0504-9

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