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A Divide-and-Conquer Algorithm for Rigging Elections Problem

  • Lee, Sang-Un (Dept. of Multimedia Engineering, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
  • Received : 2015.08.31
  • Accepted : 2015.09.29
  • Published : 2015.12.30
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Abstract

This paper suggests heuristic algorithm with polynomial time complexity for rigging elections problem that can be obtain the optimal solution using linear programming. The proposed algorithm transforms the given problem into adjacency graph. Then, we divide vertices V into two set W and D. The set W contains majority distinct and the set D contains minority area. This algorithm applies divide-and-conquer method that the minority area D is include into majority distinct W. While this algorithm using simple rule, that can be obtains the optimal solution equal to linear programing for experimental data. This paper shows polynomial time solution finding rule potential in rigging elections problem.

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