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In this paper, we show algorithms for solving the cake-cutting problem in sublinear-time. More specifically, we preassign (simple) fair portions to o(n) players in o(n)-time, and minimize the damage to the rest of the players. All currently…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-07-24 Hiro Ito , Takahiro Ueda

We investigate the problem of fairly dividing a divisible heterogeneous resource, also known as a cake, among a set of agents who may have different entitlements. We characterize the existence of a connected strongly-proportional allocation…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-07 Zsuzsanna Jankó , Attila Joó , Erel Segal-Halevi , Sheung Man Yuen

We characterize methods of dividing a cake between two bidders in a way that is incentive-compatible and Pareto-efficient. In our cake cutting model, each bidder desires a subset of the cake (with a uniform value over this subset), and is…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2012-10-02 Avishay Maya , Noam Nisan

We consider a setting in which a single divisible good ("cake") needs to be divided between n players, each with a possibly different valuation function over pieces of the cake. For this setting, we address the problem of finding divisions…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-11 Yonatan Aumann , Yair Dombb , Avinatan Hassidim

There is a heterogeneous resource that contains both good parts and bad parts, for example, a cake with some parts burnt, a land-estate with some parts heavily taxed, or a chore with some parts fun to do. The resource has to be divided…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-21 Erel Segal-Halevi

We consider a classical envy-free cake cutting problem. The first limited protocol was proposed by Aziz and McKenzie in 2016 arXiv:1604.03655. The disadvantage of this protocol is its high complexity. The authors proved that the maximum…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Georgy Sokolov

We study the problem of fairly dividing a heterogeneous resource, commonly known as cake cutting and chore division, in the presence of strategic agents. While a number of results in this setting have been established in previous works,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Xiaohui Bei , Guangda Huzhang , Warut Suksompong

The paper considers fair allocation of resources that are already allocated in an unfair way. This setting requires a careful balance between the fairness considerations and the rights of the present owners. The paper presents re-division…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-01 Erel Segal-Halevi

We study the envy-free cake-cutting problem for $d+1$ players with $d$ cuts, for both the oracle function model and the polynomial time function model. For the former, we derive a $\theta(({1\over\epsilon})^{d-1})$ time matching bound for…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2009-07-10 Xiaotie Deng , Qi Qi , Amin Saberi

We study the cake-cutting problem when agents have single-peaked preferences over the cake. We show that a recently proposed mechanism by Wang-Wu (2019) to obtain envy-free allocations can yield large welfare losses. Using a simplifying…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-05 Bhavook Bhardwaj , Rajnish Kumar , Josue Ortega

We study the problem of fairly allocating a divisible resource in the form of a graph, also known as graphical cake cutting. Unlike for the canonical interval cake, a connected envy-free allocation is not guaranteed to exist for a graphical…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Sheung Man Yuen , Warut Suksompong

This paper extends the classic cake-cutting problem to a situation in which the "cake" is divided among families. Each piece of cake is owned and used simultaneously by all members of the family. A typical example of such a cake is land. We…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-12 Erel Segal-Halevi , Shmuel Nitzan

We study the paradigmatic fair division problem of allocating a divisible good among agents with heterogeneous preferences, commonly known as cake cutting. Classical cake cutting protocols are susceptible to manipulation. Do their strategic…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-20 Simina Brânzei , Ioannis Caragiannis , David Kurokawa , Ariel D. Procaccia

We study the discrete variation of the classical cake-cutting problem where n players divide a 1-dimensional cake with exactly (n-1) cuts, replacing the continuous, infinitely divisible "cake" with a necklace of discrete, indivisible…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-16 Roberto Barrera , Kathryn Nyman , Amanda Ruiz , Francis Edward Su , Yan X. Zhang

We study the classic problem of \emph{fairly} dividing a heterogeneous and divisible resource -- modeled as a line segment $[0,1]$ and typically called as a \emph{cake} -- among $n$ agents. This work considers an interesting variant of the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Ganesh Ghalme , Xin Huang , Yuka Machino , Nidhi Rathi

In the classical cake cutting problem, a resource must be divided among agents with different utilities so that each agent believes they have received a fair share of the resource relative to the other agents. We introduce a variant of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Rediet Abebe , Jon Kleinberg , David Parkes

Using a lab experiment, we investigate the real-life performance of envy-free and proportional cake-cutting procedures with respect to fairness and preference manipulation. We find that envy-free procedures, in particular Selfridge-Conway,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-01 Maria Kyropoulou , Josué Ortega , Erel Segal-Halevi

We study the query complexity of cake cutting and give lower and upper bounds for computing approximately envy-free, perfect, and equitable allocations with the minimum number of cuts. The lower bounds are tight for computing connected…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-16 Simina Brânzei , Noam Nisan

A fundamental result in cake cutting states that for any number of players with arbitrary preferences over a cake, there exists a division of the cake such that every player receives a single contiguous piece and no player is left envious.…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2023-03-20 Erel Segal-Halevi , Warut Suksompong

Single minded agents have strict preferences, in which a bundle is acceptable only if it meets a certain demand. Such preferences arise naturally in scenarios such as allocating computational resources among users, where the goal is to…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-29 Simina Brânzei , Yuezhou Lv , Ruta Mehta