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On the Population Monotonicity of Independent Set Games

Computer Science and Game Theory 2022-07-12 v2 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

An independent set game is a cooperative game defined on graphs and dealing with profit-sharing in maximum independent set problems. A population monotonic allocation scheme is a rule specifying how to share the profit of each coalition among its participants such that every participant is better off when the coalition expands. In this paper, we provide a necessary and sufficient characterization for population monotonic allocation schemes in independent set games. Moreover, our characterization can be verified efficiently.

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@article{arxiv.2203.17041,
  title  = {On the Population Monotonicity of Independent Set Games},
  author = {Libing Wang and Han Xiao and Donglei Du and Dachuan Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.17041},
  year   = {2022}
}