Application of Benford-Newcomb Law with Base Change to Electoral Fraud Detection
Eduardo Gueron, Jeronimo Pellegrini
TL;DR
This paper explores how changing numerical bases in Benford-Newcomb law can help detect electoral fraud, demonstrated through analysis of the 1994 Brazilian senate election data.
Contribution
It introduces a novel approach using base change in Benford-Newcomb law to identify anomalies in election data for fraud detection.
Findings
Base change revealed anomalies in election data.
Method successfully identified probable electoral fraud.
Applicable to other datasets for fraud detection.
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.
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TopicsBenford’s Law and Fraud Detection