Computable Fairness: Boltzmann-Softmax Control for AI Resource Allocation
Abstract
In large-scale AI systems, allocating scarce resources such as GPU compute time and bandwidth among multiple agents is a critical challenge. Conventional policies focus on efficiency metrics, potentially leading to dominance concentration that undermines system diversity and stability. We propose Computable Fair Division (CFD), a framework that reinterprets the Boltzmann-Softmax function not as a selection tool but as a probabilistic resource allocation mechanism, redefining the inverse temperature parameter as a computable control variable governing the efficiency-fairness balance. Static analysis reveals a Pareto frontier with a near-optimal Stability Corridor where total loss remains approximately constant across policy weights. In the dynamic setting, AHC++ (Adaptive Hard-Cap Controller++) updates in real time using the error between observed dominance and a policy-specified target as feedback. Simulations show that AHC++ suppresses extreme dominance concentration under exogenous shocks while tracking fairness targets without substantial throughput degradation. Scalability analysis confirms that a 100x increase in agents yields only approximately 5.5x increase in execution time. Code: https://github.com/entrofy-ai/computable-fairness
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.22827,
title = {Computable Fairness: Boltzmann-Softmax Control for AI Resource Allocation},
author = {Ji-Won Park and Chae Un Kim},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.22827},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
40 pages, 12 figures, 5 tables. Code: https://github.com/entrofy-ai/computable-fairness