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We consider the setting of repeated fair division between two players, denoted Alice and Bob, with private valuations over a cake. In each round, a new cake arrives, which is identical to the ones in previous rounds. Alice cuts the cake at…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Simina Brânzei , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Reed Phillips , Suho Shin , Kun Wang

Cutting a cake is a metaphor for the problem of dividing a resource (cake) among several agents. The problem becomes non-trivial when the agents have different valuations for different parts of the cake (i.e. one agent may like chocolate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-01-26 Payam Delgosha , Amin Gohari

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

In this paper, we consider the classic fair division problem of allocating $m$ divisible items to $n$ agents with linear valuations over the items. We define novel notions of fair shares from the perspective of individual agents via the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Yannan Bai , Kamesh Munagala , Yiheng Shen , Ian Zhang

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

Cake-cutting is a playful name for the fair division of a heterogeneous, divisible good among agents, a well-studied problem at the intersection of mathematics, economics, and artificial intelligence. The cake-cutting literature is rich and…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Peter Kern , Daniel Neugebauer , Jörg Rothe , René L. Schilling , Dietrich Stoyan , Robin Weishaupt

We consider the problem of fairly dividing a two dimensional heterogeneous good among multiple players. Applications include division of land as well as ad space in print and electronic media. Classical cake cutting protocols primarily…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-27 Erel Segal-Halevi , Avinatan Hassidim , Yonatan Aumann

This paper proposes a cake-cutting protocol using cryptography when the cake is a heterogeneous good that is represented by an interval on a real line. Although the Dubins-Spanier moving-knife protocol with one knife achieves simple…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2012-02-22 Yoshifumi Manabe , Tatsuaki Okamoto

We study the problem of mechanism design for allocating a set of indivisible items among agents with private preferences on items. We are interested in such a mechanism that is strategyproof (where agents' best strategy is to report their…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-05 Ankang Sun , Bo Chen

Fair division with unequal shares is an intensively studied recourse allocation problem. For $ i\in [n] $, let $ \mu_i $ be an atomless probability measure on the measurable space $(C,\mathcal{S}) $ and let $ t_i $ be positive numbers…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Zsuzsanna Jankó , Attila Joó

We consider the problem of allocating heterogeneous and indivisible goods among strategic agents, with preferences over subsets of goods, when there is no medium of exchange. This model captures the well studied problem of fair allocation…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Moshe Babaioff , Noam Manaker Morag

We consider the classic problem of envy-free division of a heterogeneous good ("cake") among several agents. It is known that, when the allotted pieces must be connected, the problem cannot be solved by a finite algorithm for 3 or more…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-15 Erel Segal-Halevi , Avinatan Hassidim , Yonatan Aumann

In the classic cake-cutting problem (Steinhaus, 1948), a heterogeneous resource has to be divided among n agents with different valuations in a proportional way --- giving each agent a piece with a value of at least 1/n of the total. In…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-05 Erel Segal-Halevi , Balázs Sziklai

We consider the problem of fairly dividing a heterogeneous cake between a number of players with different tastes. In this setting, it is known that fairness requirements may result in a suboptimal division from the social welfare…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2012-05-18 Orit Arzi , Yonatan Aumann , Yair Dombb

This article deals with the cake cutting problem. In this setting, there exists two notions of fair division: proportional division (when there are n players, each player thinks to get at least 1/n of the cake) and envy-free division (each…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Guillaume Chèze

We study fair mechanisms for the classic job scheduling problem on unrelated machines with the objective of minimizing the makespan. This problem is equivalent to minimizing the egalitarian social cost in the fair division of chores. The…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Michal Feldman , Jugal Garg , Vishnu V. Narayan , Tomasz Ponitka

In this article we study a cake cutting problem. More precisely, we study symmetric fair division algorithms, that is to say we study algorithms where the order of the players do not influence the value obtained by each player. In the first…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-14 Guillaume Chèze

The Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem states that no unanimous and non-dictatorial voting rule is strategyproof. We revisit voting rules and consider a weaker notion of strategyproofness called not obvious manipulability that was proposed by…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-15 Haris Aziz , Alexander Lam

We study fair resource allocation with strategic agents. It is well-known that, across multiple fundamental problems in this domain, truthfulness and fairness are incompatible. For example, when allocating indivisible goods, no truthful and…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-20 Vasilis Gkatzelis , Alexandros Psomas , Xizhi Tan , Paritosh Verma

A recent line of work in mechanism design has focused on guaranteeing incentive compatibility for agents without contingent reasoning skills: obviously strategyproof mechanisms guarantee that it is "obvious" for these imperfectly rational…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Thomas Archbold , Bart de Keijzer , Carmine Ventre