Steven J. Brams, Alan D. Taylor

Fair Division

From Cake-Cutting to Dispute Resolution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cutting a cake, dividing up the property in an estate, determining the borders in an international dispute--such problems of fair division are ubiquitous. Fair Division treats all these problems and many more through a rigorous analysis of the well-known cake-cutting procedure.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780521556446
• ISBN-10: 0521556449
• Artikelnr.: 22248186

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Proportionality for n=2
2. Proportionality for n>2: the divisible case
3. Proportionality for n>2: the indivisible case
4. Envy-freeness and equitability for n=2
5. Applications for the point-allocation procedures
6. Envy-free procedures for n=3 and n=4
7. Envy-free procedures for arbitrary n
8. Divide-the-dollar
9. Fair division by auctions
10. Fair divisions by elections
11. Conclusions
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.