Abstract
Statistical results of federal deputies' elections by political party were analyzed, observing a normal distribution for the major parties and a heavy tails distribution for the minor parties and/or with disappearing tendencies. The heavy tails distribution that particularly predominated was the log-logistic type. With the alpha shape parameter of the log-logistic distribution minor to two, we found that the small parties tend to disappear. Probabilistic simulations were realized in a model with two parties and with different distributions (normal and log-logistic) and we found that, indeed, the log-logistic distribution party with its alpha parameter minor to two tends to win a few times in an election. Therefore, this produces a loss of supporters over time.
Original language | English |
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State | Published - 2009 |
Event | 21st European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2009 - Puerto de la Cruz, Spain Duration: 23 Sep 2009 → 25 Sep 2009 |
Conference
Conference | 21st European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2009 |
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Country/Territory | Spain |
City | Puerto de la Cruz |
Period | 23/09/09 → 25/09/09 |
Keywords
- Log-logistic distribution
- Normal distribution
- Political party
- Simulation