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In this paper,we present a mechanism that uses the concepts of genetic algorithms forelectoral districting. Principles of genetic algorithms are adopted in findingthe better districting solutions. The geometric information as well as theattribute data provided through the geographic information systems are used inselection, crossover, or mutation emulations. We also design variousquantitative measurements to evaluation the performance (fitness) of ourmechanism. We have applied this mechanism to CEC’s result of Taipei City andthe results show that our mechanism works.

electoral districting, genetic algorithm, geographic information system