Dealing with correlated choices: How a spin-glass model can help political parties select their policies
arXiv:1402.0237 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.90.042117
Abstract
Starting from preferences on N proposed policies obtained via questionnaires from a sample of the electorate, an Ising spin-glass model in a field can be constructed from which a political party could find the subset of the proposed policies which would maximize its appeal, form a coherent choice in the eyes of the electorate, and have maximum overlap with the party's existing policies. We illustrate the application of the procedure by simulations of a spin glass in a random field on scale-free networks.
8 pages, 2 figures
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