Envy-free matchings in bipartite graphs and their applications to fair division

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A matching in a bipartite graph with parts X and Y is called envy-free, if no unmatched vertex in X is a adjacent to a matched vertex in Y. Every perfect matching is envy-free, but envy-free matchings exist even when perfect matchings do not. We prove that every bipartite graph has a unique partition such that all envy-free matchings are contained in one of the partition sets. Using this structural theorem, we provide a polynomial-time algorithm for finding an envy-free matching of maximum cardinality. For edge-weighted bipartite graphs, we provide a polynomial-time algorithm for finding a maximum-cardinality envy-free matching of minimum total weight. We show how envy-free matchings can be used in various fair division problems with either continuous resources (“cakes”) or discrete ones. In particular, we propose a symmetric algorithm for proportional cake-cutting, an algorithm for 1-out-of-(2n-2) maximin-share allocation of discrete goods, and an algorithm for 1-out-of-⌊2n/3⌋ maximin-share allocation of discrete bads among n agents.

שפה מקוריתאנגלית
עמודים (מ-עד)164-187
מספר עמודים24
כתב עתInformation Sciences
כרך587
מזהי עצם דיגיטלי (DOIs)
סטטוס פרסוםפורסם - מרץ 2022

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