Emergent Formation of Political Parties
Outline
Economic Theory of Democracy
Committee Voting
Median Voter Theorem
Utility Landscape
KMP Model (1992)
Centrality Metric
Results of KMP
Problems with KMP
Emergent Formation
Schematics
Basic Agents
Voters
Candidate Nomination
Laziness and Voting
Voter Tag Adaptation
Candidates
Genetic Adaptation of Candidates
Representatives
Congressional Voting
Representative Tag Adaptation
Parameters
Recap of Total Simulation
Results
Candidates in District 13
Average Over All Districts
Centrality in District 13
Centrality of District 2
Overall Centrality
Average Laziness
Party Dynamics
Extensions
Acknowledgements
References
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