Statistical mechanics of voting

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1718-1721

  Meyer, David A ^a,b   Brown, Thad A ^a,c  

^a Chem Sci and Technology Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0000702702     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1718     Document Type: Article

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