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This paper explores the fair allocation of indivisible items in a multidimensional setting, motivated by the need to address fairness in complex environments where agents assess bundles according to multiple criteria. Such multidimensional…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Yasushi Kawase , Bodhayan Roy , Mohammad Azharuddin Sanpui

We explore an instance of the question of partitioning a polygon into pieces, each of which is as ``circular'' as possible, in the sense of having an aspect ratio close to 1. The aspect ratio of a polygon is the ratio of the diameters of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Mirela Damian , Joseph O'Rourke

In classic fair division problems such as cake cutting and rent division, envy-freeness requires that each individual (weakly) prefer his allocation to anyone else's. On a conceptual level, we argue that envy-freeness also provides a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-25 Maria-Florina Balcan , Travis Dick , Ritesh Noothigattu , Ariel D. Procaccia

We consider so-called squaring the square-puzzles where a given square (or rectangle) should be dissected into smaller squares. For a specific instance of such problems we demonstrate that a mathematically rigorous solution can be quite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-27 Sascha Kurz

Geometric modeling by constraints, whose applications are of interest to communities from various fields such as mechanical engineering, computer aided design, symbolic computation or molecular chemistry, is now integrated into standard…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-03-06 Samy Ait-Aoudia , Adel Moussaoui , Khaled Abid , Dominique Michelucci

We study the mechanism design problem of allocating a set of indivisible items without monetary transfers. Despite the vast literature on this very standard model, it still remains unclear how do truthful mechanisms look like. We focus on…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-31 Georgios Amanatidis , Georgios Birmpas , George Christodoulou , Evangelos Markakis

The field of fair machine learning aims to ensure that decisions guided by algorithms are equitable. Over the last decade, several formal, mathematical definitions of fairness have gained prominence. Here we first assemble and categorize…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-08-31 Sam Corbett-Davies , Johann D. Gaebler , Hamed Nilforoshan , Ravi Shroff , Sharad Goel

Recently, Landau, Reid and Yershov provided a novel solution to the problem of redistricting. Instead of trying to ensure fairness by restricting the shape of the possible maps or by assigning the power to draw the map to nonbiased…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-04 Zeph Landau , Francis Edward Su

Higher-dimensional orthogonal packing problems have a wide range of practical applications, including packing, cutting, and scheduling. Previous efforts for exact algorithms have been unable to avoid structural problems that appear for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Sandor P. Fekete , Joerg Schepers

This paper studies two families of constraints for two-dimensional and multidimensional arrays. The first family requires that a multidimensional array will not contain a cube of zeros of some fixed size and the second constraint imposes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-02 Sagi Marcovich , Eitan Yaakobi

We study the problem of perfect tiling in the plane and exploring the possibility of tiling a rectangle using integral distinct squares. Assume a set of distinguishable squares (or equivalently a set of distinct natural numbers) is given,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Bahram Sadeghi Bigham , Mansoor Davoodi , Samaneh Mazaheri , Jalal Kheyrabadi

We consider the problem of fairly allocating indivisible public goods. We model the public goods as elements with feasibility constraints on what subsets of elements can be chosen, and assume that agents have additive utilities across…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-10 Brandon Fain , Kamesh Munagala , Nisarg Shah

We prove an $\Omega(n^2)$ lower bound on the query complexity of local proportionality in the Robertson-Webb cake-cutting model. Local proportionality requires that each agent prefer their allocation to the average of their neighbors'…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-11-02 Jamie Tucker-Foltz

We consider the problem of fairly dividing a set of heterogeneous divisible resources among agents with different preferences. We focus on the setting where the resources correspond to the edges of a connected graph, every agent must be…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-13 Argyrios Deligkas , Eduard Eiben , Robert Ganian , Thekla Hamm , Sebastian Ordyniak

We study the fair division of indivisible goods with conflicts between pairs of goods, represented by a graph $G = (V, E)$. We consider ``soft'' conflicts: assigning two adjacent goods to the same agent is allowed, but we seek allocations…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Hirotaka Yoneda , Masataka Yoneda

We extend the fair machine learning literature by considering the problem of proportional centroid clustering in a metric context. For clustering $n$ points with $k$ centers, we define fairness as proportionality to mean that any $n/k$…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Xingyu Chen , Brandon Fain , Liang Lyu , Kamesh Munagala

Sliced Sudoku-based space-filling designs and, more generally, quasi-sliced orthogonal array-based space-filling designs are useful experimental designs in several contexts, including computer experiments with categorical in addition to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-20 Diane Donovan , Benjamin Haaland , David J. Nott

In this paper, we study the problem of splitting fairly bundles of items. We show that given $n$ bundles with $m$ kinds of items in them, it is possible to distribute the value of each kind of item fairly among $r$ persons by breaking apart…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-21 Pablo Soberón

We consider the problem of fair division, where a set of indivisible goods should be distributed fairly among a set of agents with combinatorial valuations. To capture fairness, we adopt the notion of shares, where each agent is entitled to…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Yakov Babichenko , Michal Feldman , Ron Holzman , Vishnu V. Narayan

The division of goods in the online realm poses opportunities and challenges. While innovative mechanisms can be developed, uncertainty about the future may hinder effective solutions. This project aims to explore fair distribution models…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-19 Kushagra Chatterjee , Biswadeep Sen , Yuhao Wang