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We consider item allocation to individual agents who have additive valuations, in settings in which there are protected groups, and the allocation needs to give each protected group its "fair" share of the total welfare. Informally, within…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-15 Uriel Feige , Yehonatan Tahan

We give the first $O(1)$-approximation for the weighted Nash Social Welfare problem with additive valuations. The approximation ratio we obtain is $e^{1/e} + \epsilon \approx 1.445 + \epsilon$, which matches the best known approximation…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Yuda Feng , Shi Li

We address the generalized Nash equilibrium seeking problem in a partial-decision information scenario, where each agent can only exchange information with some neighbors, although its cost function possibly depends on the strategies of all…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Mattia Bianchi , Giuseppe Belgioioso , Sergio Grammatico

We address the Nash equilibrium problem in a partial-decision information scenario, where each agent can only observe the actions of some neighbors, while its cost possibly depends on the strategies of other agents. Our main contribution is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-07 Mattia Bianchi , Giuseppe Belgioioso , Sergio Grammatico

Several fairness concepts have been proposed recently in attempts to approximate envy-freeness in settings with indivisible goods. Among them, the concept of envy-freeness up to any item (EFX) is arguably the closest to envy-freeness.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-13 Ioannis Caragiannis , Nick Gravin , Xin Huang

Equitable allocation of indivisible items involves partitioning the items among agents such that everyone derives (almost) equal utility. We consider the approximate notion of \textit{equitability up to one item} (EQ1) and focus on the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-22 Hadi Hosseini , Aditi Sethia

We study fair allocation of indivisible goods to agents with unequal entitlements. Fair allocation has been the subject of many studies in both divisible and indivisible settings. Our emphasis is on the case where the goods are indivisible…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-12 Alireza Farhadi , Mohammad Ghodsi , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Sebastien Lahaie , David Pennock , Masoud Seddighin , Saeed Seddighin , Hadi Yami

Many allocation problems in multiagent systems rely on agents specifying cardinal preferences. However, allocation mechanisms can be sensitive to small perturbations in cardinal preferences, thus causing agents who make ``small" or…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-13 Vijay Menon , Kate Larson

In this paper, we consider the problem of fair division of indivisible goods when the allocation of goods impacts society. Specifically, we introduce a second valuation function for each agent, determining the social impact of allocating a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Michele Flammini , Gianluigi Greco , Giovanna Varricchio

We consider the problem of fair allocation of indivisible goods to agents with submodular valuation functions, where agents may have either equal entitlements or arbitrary (possibly unequal) entitlements. We focus on share-based fairness…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-23 Gilad Ben Uziahu , Uriel Feige

Allocating multiple scarce items across a set of individuals is an important practical problem. In the case of divisible goods and additive preferences a convex program can be used to find the solution that maximizes Nash welfare (MNW). The…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-25 Christian Kroer , Alexander Peysakhovich

In the unsplittable flow problem on a path, we are given a capacitated path $P$ and $n$ tasks, each task having a demand, a profit, and start and end vertices. The goal is to compute a maximum profit set of tasks, such that for each edge…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Paul Bonsma , Jens Schulz , Andreas Wiese

Recent results, establishing evidence of intractability for such restrictive utility functions as additively separable, piecewise-linear and concave, under both Fisher and Arrow-Debreu market models, have prompted the question of whether we…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2010-10-21 Vijay V. Vazirani

Sequential allocation is a simple mechanism for sharing multiple indivisible items. We study strategic behavior in sequential allocation. In particular, we consider Nash dynamics, as well as the computation and Pareto optimality of pure…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-29 Haris Aziz , Paul Goldberg , Toby Walsh

We study the problem of allocating indivisible goods among agents with additive valuation functions to achieve both fairness and efficiency under the constraint that each agent receives exactly the same number of goods (the \emph{balanced…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Yasushi Kawase , Ryoga Mahara

We study fair allocation of indivisible goods among agents. Prior research focuses on additive agent preferences, which leads to an impossibility when seeking truthfulness, fairness, and efficiency. We show that when agents have binary…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-01 Daniel Halpern , Ariel D. Procaccia , Alexandros Psomas , Nisarg Shah

We study linear Fisher markets with satiation. In these markets, sellers have earning limits and buyers have utility limits. Beyond natural applications in economics, these markets arise in the context of maximizing Nash social welfare when…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-08-01 Jugal Garg , Martin Hoefer , Kurt Mehlhorn

The maximum Nash social welfare (NSW) -- which maximizes the geometric mean of agents' utilities -- is a fundamental solution concept with remarkable fairness and efficiency guarantees. The computational aspects of NSW have been extensively…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Pallavi Jain , Rohit Vaish

We consider Max-min Share (MmS) allocations of items both in the case where items are goods (positive utility) and when they are chores (negative utility). We show that fair allocations of goods and chores have some fundamental connections…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-07 Haris Aziz , Gerhard Rauchecker , Guido Schryen , Toby Walsh

We propose a new convex programming relaxation for the weighted Nash social welfare (NSW) problem that achieves a matching $(e^{1/e}\approx 1.445)$-approximation via the rounding algorithm of Feng and Li. Unlike the exponential-size…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Yuda Feng , Weijiang Hu , Shi Li
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