eprintid: 14049 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 5 dir: disk0/00/01/40/49 datestamp: 2016-12-01 14:06:45 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:28:09 status_changed: 2016-12-01 14:06:45 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 2 creators_name: Balinski, M.L. creators_name: Young, H.P. creators_id: AL0014 title: Criteria for Proportional Representation ispublished: pub divisions: prog_tes abstract: We investigate methods to allocate seats in proportional representation systems in terms of several underlying common-sense properties. In particular, the idea of stability is introduced, and the method of Jefferson (or d'Hondt) is characterized. date: 1979-02-01 date_type: published publisher: INFORMS id_number: 10.1287/opre.27.1.80 creators_browse_id: 1703 full_text_status: none publication: Operations Research volume: 27 number: 1 pagerange: 80-95 refereed: TRUE issn: 0030-364X coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article citation: Balinski, M.L. & Young, H.P. (1979). Criteria for Proportional Representation. Operations Research 27 (1) 80-95. 10.1287/opre.27.1.80 .