Chapter11
Fair Division Games
In This Chapter
- Cutting things evenly
- Dividing up many items
- Preventing envy
- Keeping portions equitable
Like bargaining problems, fair division problems typically involve giving away items that come out of nowhere: a parcel of land, for example, or valuables bequeathed from an estate.
However, in fair division problems, there are often more than two players. Some fair division problems involve stuff that is feasible to cut up into pieces or divide, such as money, while other problems involve things that can’t reasonably be split at all, such as a piece of jewelry or a painting. When items are indivisible, giving ...
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