Abstract

Since the dawn of history (and certainly before) people have bickered, even battled, over the fair distribution of resources -- for example, the division of estates, disputed territories and the spoils of war. Such dilemmas have for the most part been resolved unilaterally by kings (Solomon and the baby), judges or simple force. Few truly logical solutions evolved. In the past 50 years, however, a number of mathematical devices have been discovered that offer elegant, practical and often surprisingly simple resolutions to many problems of fair-division.

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URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/rgp_rsr/104