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Envy-freeness up to one item: Shall we add or remove resources?

Computer Science and Game Theory 2020-06-24 v2 Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

We consider a fair division model in which agents have general valuations for bundles of indivisible items. We propose two new axiomatic properties for allocations in this model: EF1+- and EFX+-. We compare these with the existing EF1 and EFX. Although EF1 and EF1+- allocations often exist, our results assert eloquently that EFX+- and PO allocations exist in each case where EFX and PO allocations do not exist. Additionally, we prove several new impossibility and incompatibility results.

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@article{arxiv.2006.11312,
  title  = {Envy-freeness up to one item: Shall we add or remove resources?},
  author = {Martin Aleksandrov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.11312},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

10 pages, 1 table, 2 figures, v1 is a working version, v2 is the polished version