comp_fh: Calculate Fryer Holden Compactness
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comp_fh

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Calculate Fryer Holden Compactness

Description

Calculate Fryer Holden Compactness

Usage

comp_fh(plans, shp, total_pop, epsg = 3857, ncores = 1)

Arguments

`plans`	redist_plans object or plans_matrix where each row indicates a district assignment and each column is a plan
`shp`	redist_map object or tibble with sf geometry column
`total_pop`	A numeric vector with the population for every observation.
`epsg`	numeric EPSG code to planarize to. Default is 3857.
`ncores`	TRUE

Value

numeric vector

References

Fryer R, Holden R. 2011. Measuring the Compactness of Political Districting Plans. Journal of Law and Economics.

Examples

data(nh)
data(nh_m)
# For a single plan:
comp_fh(plans = nh$r_2020, shp = nh, total_pop = pop)

# Or many plans:
comp_fh(plans = nh_m[, 3:5], shp = nh, pop)

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