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We study the problem of allocating a set of indivisible goods among agents with subadditive valuations in a fair and efficient manner. Envy-Freeness up to any good (EFX) is the most compelling notion of fairness in the context of…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-18 Bhaskar Ray Chaudhury , Jugal Garg , Ruta Mehta

We design an expected polynomial-time, truthful-in-expectation, (1-1/e)-approximation mechanism for welfare maximization in a fundamental class of combinatorial auctions. Our results apply to bidders with valuations that are m matroid rank…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2011-04-19 Shaddin Dughmi , Tim Roughgarden , Qiqi Yan

We consider discrete allocation problem where $m$ indivisible goods are to be divided among $n$ agents. When agents' valuations are additive, the well-known cycle cancelling lemma by Lenstra, Shmoys, and Tardos plays a key role in design…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Chandra Chekuri , Pooja Kulkarni , Ruta Mehta , Jan Vondrak

We study the max-min fair allocation problem in which a set of $m$ indivisible items are to be distributed among $n$ agents such that the minimum utility among all agents is maximized. In the restricted setting, the utility of each item $j$…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-11-28 T-H. Hubert Chan , Zhihao Gavin Tang , Xiaowei Wu

We study fair allocation of indivisible public goods subject to cardinality (budget) constraints. In this model, we have n agents and m available public goods, and we want to select $k \leq m$ goods in a fair and efficient manner. We first…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-22 Jugal Garg , Pooja Kulkarni , Aniket Murhekar

In the Submodular Welfare Maximization (SWM) problem, the input consists of a set of $n$ items, each of which must be allocated to one of $m$ agents. Each agent $\ell$ has a valuation function $v_\ell$, where $v_\ell(S)$ denotes the welfare…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-12-18 Nitish Korula , Vahab Mirrokni , Morteza Zadimoghaddam

The maximization of Nash welfare, which equals the geometric mean of agents' utilities, is widely studied because it balances efficiency and fairness in resource allocation problems. Banerjee, Gkatzelis, Gorokh, and Jin (2022) recently…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-11 Zhiyi Huang , Minming Li , Xinkai Shu , Tianze Wei

The Nash social welfare (NSW) is a well-known social welfare measurement that balances individual utilities and the overall efficiency. In the context of fair allocation of indivisible goods, it has been shown by Caragiannis et al. (EC 2016…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Xiaowei Wu , Bo Li , Jiarui Gan

We study the fair allocation of indivisible chores among agents with asymmetric weights. Among the various fairness notions, weighted maximin share (WMMS) stands out as particularly compelling. However, whether WMMS admits a constant-factor…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Bo Li , Fangxiao Wang , Shiji Xing

We study the problem of fair allocation of indivisible items when agents have ternary additive valuations -- each agent values each item at some fixed integer values $a$, $b$, or $c$ that are common to all agents. The notions of fairness we…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Zack Fitzsimmons , Vignesh Viswanathan , Yair Zick

This work, for the first time, introduces two constant factor approximation algorithms with linear query complexity for non-monotone submodular maximization over a ground set of size $n$ subject to a knapsack constraint, $\mathsf{DLA}$ and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-11 Canh V. Pham , Tan D. Tran , Dung T. K. Ha , My T. Thai

We investigate optimal social welfare allocations of $m$ items to $n$ agents with binary additive or submodular valuations. For binary additive valuations, we prove that the set of optimal allocations coincides with the set of so-called…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Taikun Zhu , Kai Jin , Ruixi Luo , Song Cao

Online allocation is a broad class of problems where items arriving online have to be allocated to agents who have a fixed utility/cost for each assigned item so to maximize/minimize some objective. This framework captures a broad range of…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-31 Ilan Reuven Cohen , Debmalya Panigrahi

We study the online allocation of divisible items to $n$ agents with additive valuations for $p$-mean welfare maximization, a problem introduced by Barman, Khan, and Maiti~(2022). Our algorithmic and hardness results characterize the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-21 Zhiyi Huang , Chui Shan Lee , Xinkai Shu , Zhaozi Wang

This paper proposes a computationally efficient mechanism for multi-dimensional matching markets where agents report preferences over object features rather than complete utility assessments. We use Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) to…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Irene Aldridge

We study the problem of ranking with submodular valuations. An instance of this problem consists of a ground set $[m]$, and a collection of $n$ monotone submodular set functions $f^1, \ldots, f^n$, where each $f^i: 2^{[m]} \to R_+$. An…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-07-16 Yossi Azar , Iftah Gamzu

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

The problem of non-monotone $k$-submodular maximization under a knapsack constraint ($\kSMK$) over the ground set size $n$ has been raised in many applications in machine learning, such as data summarization, information propagation, etc.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-22 Dung T. K. Ha , Canh V. Pham , Tan D. Tran , Huan X. Hoang

Constrained submodular maximization problems encompass a wide variety of applications, including personalized recommendation, team formation, and revenue maximization via viral marketing. The massive instances occurring in modern day…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Georgios Amanatidis , Federico Fusco , Philip Lazos , Stefano Leonardi , Rebecca Reiffenhäuser

We give algorithms with constant-factor performance guarantees for several capacity and throughput problems in the SINR model. The algorithms are all based on a novel LP formulation for capacity problems. First, we give a new…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-01-20 Magnus M. Halldorsson , Pradipta Mitra