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SUBMITTER: Gao M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9246136 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gao Ming M Wang Zhongyuan Z Wang Kai K Liu Chenhui C Tang Shiping S
PloS one 20220630 6
Election forecasting has been traditionally dominated by subjective surveys and polls or methods centered upon them. We have developed a novel platform for forecasting elections based on agent-based modeling (ABM), which is entirely independent from surveys and polls. The platform uses statistical results from objective data along with simulation models to capture how voters have voted in past elections and how they are likely to vote in an upcoming election. We screen for models that can reprod ...[more]