Fair division: from cake-cutting to dispute resolution
- New York Cambridge University Press 1996
- xiv, 272 p. 23 cm ; Pbk
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.
Unlike most research on fairness in the social sciences and mathematics, this text is devoted solely to the analysis of constructive procedures for actually dividing things up and resolving disputes, even indivisible items such as the marital property in a divorce or sovereignty in an international dispute.