> This sounds somewhat promising. Can you cite any sources on the
> mathematically unsolvable nature of this problem, or expand on that a
> little bit?
This is a technical topic but optimization problems of this type are
computationally NP hard to solve.
Doing this would be radical departure from
onio, but it would not allow them
to split the Dallas voters up into 4 different districts.
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Matt?:
This sounds somewhat promising. Can you cite any sources on the mathematically
unsolvable nature of this problem, or expand on that a little bit?
Thank you very much,
SB
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:31:40 -0500 (EST)
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The problem is that the very decision of how to approach boundaries is
a political decision. Since Democrats tend to clump together in very
small regions, then having extremely regular shapes (or having areas
that match up to city or county boundaries) can lead to single
districts with a very
