Finding Pareto Dominant Redistricting Plans Using DEA: A Comparison With Ranking by Human Judges

Ram Gopalan, Lee Hachadoorian, Steven Kimbrough, Frederic Murphy, Justin Villere, School of Business, The State University of New Jersey, Environment and Urban Studies, Temple University, Information and Decisions, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Operations and Data Science, Temple University, Committee of Seventy

American Politics Research

Published online on June 03, 2026

Abstract

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Changing technology now allows for increased citizen participation in the redistricting process. Bodies responsible for redistricting, including legislatures, commissions, and courts, will need new analytical methods to evaluate large numbers of maps. We ...