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The design of algorithms for political redistricting generally takes one of two approaches: optimize an objective such as compactness or, drawing on fair division, construct a protocol whose outcomes guarantee partisan fairness. We aim to…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Gerdus Benadè , Ariel D. Procaccia , Jamie Tucker-Foltz

We study the computational complexity of finding fair allocations of indivisible goods in the setting where a social network on the agents is given. Notions of fairness in this context are "localized", that is, agents are only concerned…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-24 Neeldhara Misra , Debanuj Nayak

We consider the classic cake cutting problem in the Robertson-Webb model, with the objective of proportional fairness. We show that any randomized algorithm must use $\Omega(n \log n)$ queries.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Stephen Arndt , Kirk Pruhs , Trung Tran

We study the fair division of a continuous resource, such as a land-estate or a time-interval, among pre-specified groups of agents, such as families. Each family is given a piece of the resource and this piece is used simultaneously by all…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-26 Erel Segal-Halevi , Shmuel Nitzan

We study the problem of fair cake-cutting where each agent receives a connected piece of the cake. A division of the cake is deemed fair if it is equitable, which means that all agents derive the same value from their assigned piece. Prior…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Umang Bhaskar , A. R. Sricharan , Rohit Vaish

In many developing countries, the total electricity demand is larger than the limited generation capacity of power stations. Many countries adopt the common practice of routine load shedding - disconnecting entire regions from the power…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Dinesh Kumar Baghel , Vadim E. Levit , Erel Segal-Halevi

Envy-free cake-cutting protocols procedurally divide an infinitely divisible good among a set of agents so that no agent prefers another's allocation to their own. These protocols are highly complex and difficult to prove correct. Recently,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-31 Noah Bertram , Tean Lai , Justin Hsu

We consider the classic cake-cutting problem of producing fair allocations for $n$ agents, in the Robertson-Webb query model. In this model, it is known that: (i) proportional allocations can be computed using $O(n \log n)$ queries, and…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Arnav Mehra , Alexandros Psomas

We study the classic problem of dividing a collection of indivisible resources in a fair and efficient manner among a set of agents having varied preferences. Pareto optimality is a standard notion of economic efficiency, which states that…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Ioannis Caragiannis , Kristoffer Arnsfelt Hansen , Nidhi Rathi

Cake-cutting algorithms, which aim to fairly allocate a continuous resource based on individual agent preferences, have seen significant progress over the past two decades. Much of the research has concentrated on fairness, with…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Yaron Salman , Tamir Tassa , Omer Lev , Roie Zivan

We study classic cake-cutting problems, but in discrete models rather than using infinite-precision real values, specifically, focusing on their communication complexity. Using general discrete simulations of classical infinite-precision…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-21 Simina Brânzei , Noam Nisan

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

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

In Fair AI literature, the practice of maliciously creating unfair models that nevertheless satisfy fairness constraints is known as "cherry-picking". A cherry-picking model is a model that makes mistakes on purpose, selecting bad…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Marco Favier , Toon Calders

We study the algorithmic complexity of fair division problems with a focus on minimizing the number of queries needed to find an approximate solution with desired accuracy. We show for several classes of fair division problems that under…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-16 Alexandr Grebennikov , Xenia Isaeva , Andrei V. Malyutin , Mikhail Mikhailov , Oleg R. Musin

Austin's moving knife procedure was originally introduced to find a consensus division of an interval/circular cake between two agents, each of whom believes that they receive exactly half of the cake. We generalise this in two ways: we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-26 Josef Hanke , Ana Rita Pires

The fair allocation of mixed goods, consisting of both divisible and indivisible goods, has been a prominent topic of study in economics and computer science. We define an allocation as fair if its utility vector minimizes a symmetric…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-10 Yasushi Kawase , Koichi Nishimura , Hanna Sumita

We address the problem of fair division, or cake cutting, with the goal of finding truthful mechanisms. In the case of a general measure space ("cake") and non-atomic, additive individual preference measures - or utilities - we show that…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2010-10-27 Elchanan Mossel , Omer Tamuz

We study the problem of fairly allocating $m$ indivisible goods to $n$ agents, where agents may have different preferences over the goods. In the traditional setting, agents' valuations are provided as inputs to the algorithm. In this…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Xiaolin Bu , Zihao Li , Shengxin Liu , Jiaxin Song , Biaoshuai Tao

We study the problem of fairly allocating a set of $m$ goods among $n$ agents in the asymptotic setting, where each item's value for each agent is drawn from an underlying joint distribution. Prior works have shown that if this distribution…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Jugal Garg , Vishnu V. Narayan , Yuang Eric Shen