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A Numerical Comparison Among Relaxed Divisor Methods with 3 Bias Measurements
2016 Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 21-32
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2016 Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 21-32
Abstract. The aim of this research is to find the fairest apportionment method．In this research，we estimate the biases of apportionment methods based on the Stolarsky mean，know as relaxed divisor methods．We use three bias measurements：the Balinski and Young measurement，the Ernst measurement and the B measurement which is a new measurement created by the researchers to compare with the other bias values．All three measurements are compared together，and the results show that our measurement produces similar results to the other two measurements．In addition，the Webster method gives the lowest bias value，compared to the other methods．
