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Algorithmics of Egalitarian versus Equitable Sequences of Committees

Computational Complexity 2023-06-27 v1

Abstract

We study the election of sequences of committees, where in each of τ\tau levels (e.g. modeling points in time) a committee consisting of kk candidates from a common set of mm candidates is selected. For each level, each of nn agents (voters) may nominate one candidate whose selection would satisfy her. We are interested in committees which are good with respect to the satisfaction per day and per agent. More precisely, we look for egalitarian or equitable committee sequences. While both guarantee that at least xx agents per day are satisfied, egalitarian committee sequences ensure that each agent is satisfied in at least yy levels while equitable committee sequences ensure that each agent is satisfied in exactly yy levels. We analyze the parameterized complexity of finding such committees for the parameters n,m,k,τ,xn,m,k,\tau,x, and yy, as well as combinations thereof.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2306.14850,
  title  = {Algorithmics of Egalitarian versus Equitable Sequences of Committees},
  author = {Eva Michelle Deltl and Till Fluschnik and Robert Bredereck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.14850},
  year   = {2023}
}
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