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SUBMITTER: Melo HPM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6821074 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Melo Hygor P M HPM Araújo Nuno A M NAM Andrade José S JS
PloS one 20191030 10
The number of votes correlates strongly with the money spent in a campaign, but the relation between the two is not straightforward. Among other factors, the output of a ballot depends on the number of candidates, voters, and available resources. Here, we develop a conceptual framework based on Shannon entropy maximization and Superstatistics to establish a relation between the distributions of money spent by candidates and their votes. By establishing such a relation, we provide a tool to predi ...[more]