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A classical problem in combinatorics seeks colorings of low discrepancy. More concretely, the goal is to color the elements of a set system so that the number of appearances of any color among the elements in each set is as balanced as…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Ioannis Caragiannis , Kasper Green Larsen , Sudarshan Shyam

We consider a setting where we have a ground set $M$ together with real-valued set functions $f_1, \dots, f_n$, and the goal is to partition $M$ into two sets $S_1,S_2$ such that $|f_i(S_1) - f_i(S_2)|$ is small for every $i$. Many results…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Alexandros Hollender , Pasin Manurangsi , Raghu Meka , Warut Suksompong

We study the allocation of indivisible goods among groups of agents using well-known fairness notions such as envy-freeness and proportionality. While these notions cannot always be satisfied, we provide several bounds on the optimal…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-24 Pasin Manurangsi , Warut Suksompong

We consider the problem of partitioning an undirected graph (representing a social network) over $n$ nodes and max degree $\Delta$ into $k$ equally sized parts. Each node in the graph, representing an agent, derives utility proportional to…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Vignesh Viswanathan

We study a resource allocation setting where $m$ discrete items are to be divided among $n$ agents with additive utilities, and the agents' utilities for individual items are drawn at random from a probability distribution. Since common…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-20 Pasin Manurangsi , Warut Suksompong

We prove the following asymptotically tight lower bound for $k$-color discrepancy: For any $k \geq 2$, there exists a hypergraph with $n$ hyperedges such that its $k$-color discrepancy is at least $\Omega(\sqrt{n})$. This improves on the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Pasin Manurangsi , Raghu Meka

The partial coloring method is one of the most powerful and widely used method in combinatorial discrepancy problems. However, in many cases it leads to sub-optimal bounds as the partial coloring step must be iterated a logarithmic number…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-07-13 Nikhil Bansal , Shashwat Garg

We study the problem of allocating a set of indivisible items among agents whose preferences include externalities. Unlike the standard fair division model, agents may derive positive or negative utility not only from items allocated…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Frank Connor , Max Dupré la Tour , Vishnu V. Narayan , Šimon Schierreich

We study the problem of fair division when the resources contain both divisible and indivisible goods. Classic fairness notions such as envy-freeness (EF) and envy-freeness up to one good (EF1) cannot be directly applied to the mixed goods…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-28 Xiaohui Bei , Zihao Li , Jinyan Liu , Shengxin Liu , Xinhang Lu

We consider the fair division of indivisible items among $n$ agents with additive non-negative normalized valuations, with the goal of obtaining high value guarantees, that is, close to the proportional share for each agent. We prove that…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Sushmita Gupta , Pallavi Jain , Sanjay Seetharaman , Meirav Zehavi

We study the fair division of indivisible goods with conflicts between pairs of goods, represented by a graph $G = (V, E)$. We consider ``soft'' conflicts: assigning two adjacent goods to the same agent is allowed, but we seek allocations…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Hirotaka Yoneda , Masataka Yoneda

Several resource allocation settings involve agents with unequal entitlements represented by weights. We analyze weighted fair division from an asymptotic perspective: if $m$ items are divided among $n$ agents whose utilities are…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Pasin Manurangsi , Warut Suksompong , Tomohiko Yokoyama

We study classic fair-division problems in a partial information setting. This paper respectively addresses fair division of rent, cake, and indivisible goods among agents with cardinal preferences. We will show that, for all of these…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-28 Eshwar Ram Arunachaleswaran , Siddharth Barman , Nidhi Rathi

Envy-freeness up to one good (EF1) is a well-studied fairness notion for indivisible goods that addresses pairwise envy by the removal of at most one good. In the worst case, each pair of agents might require the (hypothetical) removal of a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-11 Hadi Hosseini , Sujoy Sikdar , Rohit Vaish , Jun Wang , Lirong Xia

Recent concurrent work by Dupr\'{e} la Tour and Fujii and by Hollender, Manurangsi, Meka, and Suksompong [ITCS'26] introduced a generalization of classical discrepancy theory to non-additive functions, motivated by applications in fair…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Tatiana Rocha Avila , Lars Rohwedder , Leo Wennmann

Ensuring fairness in computational problems has emerged as a $key$ topic during recent years, buoyed by considerations for equitable resource distributions and social justice. It $is$ possible to incorporate fairness in computational…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Abolfazl Asudeh , Tanya Berger-Wolf , Bhaskar DasGupta , Anastasios Sidiropoulos

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 the fundamental problem of allocating indivisible goods to agents with additive preferences. We consider eliciting from each agent only a ranking of her $k$ most preferred goods instead of her full cardinal valuations. We…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Daniel Halpern , Nisarg Shah

Fair division of indivisible goods is a very well-studied problem. The goal of this problem is to distribute $m$ goods to $n$ agents in a "fair" manner, where every agent has a valuation for each subset of goods. We assume general…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-25 Bhaskar Ray Chaudhury , Tellikepalli Kavitha , Kurt Mehlhorn , Alkmini Sgouritsa

We consider the discrete assignment problem in which agents express ordinal preferences over objects and these objects are allocated to the agents in a fair manner. We use the stochastic dominance relation between fractional or randomized…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-18 Haris Aziz , Serge Gaspers , Simon Mackenzie , Toby Walsh
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