Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 607, p. 128208.
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Abstract: The invariance of Benford–Newcomb law under base changing is employed to test whether or not some data follow such distribution. Taking into account the Brazilian senate election in 1994, changes in the numerical base were able to evidence probable fraud.
Bibtex:
@article{,
title = {Application of Benford–Newcomb law with base change to electoral fraud detection},
journal = {Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications},
volume = {607},
pages = {128208},
year = {2022},
issn = {0378-4371},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2022.128208},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037843712200766X},
author = {Eduardo Gueron and Jerônimo Pellegrini},
keywords = {Benford–Newcomb law, Election forensics, Numerical base},
}
Reference Type: Journal Article
Subject Area(s): Statistics, Voting Fraud