Accidental politicians: How randomly selected legislators can improve parliament efficiency

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 390, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 3944-3954

  Pluchino, Alessandro ^a   Garofalo, Cesare ^a   Rapisarda, Andrea ^a   Spagano, Salvatore ^a   Caserta, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Complex systems; Sociophysics

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS; GLOBAL EFFICIENCY; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS; OPTIMAL NUMBER; RANDOM STRATEGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOPHYSICS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80054921559     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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