Title
An improved approximation algorithm for maximin shares
Abstract
Fair division is a fundamental problem in various multi-agent settings, where the goal is to divide a set of resources among agents in a fair manner. We study the case where m indivisible items need to be divided among n agents with additive valuations using the popular fairness notion of maximin share (MMS). An MMS allocation provides each agent a bundle worth at least her maximin share. While it is known that such an allocation need not exist [1], [2], a series of remarkable work [1], [3], [4], [5], [6] provided approximation algorithms for a 23-MMS allocation in which each agent receives a bundle worth at least 23 times her maximin share. More recently, Ghodsi et al. [7] showed the existence of a 34-MMS allocation and a PTAS to find a (34−ϵ)-MMS allocation for an ϵ>0. Most of the previous works utilize intricate algorithms and require agents' approximate MMS values, which are computationally expensive to obtain.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1016/j.artint.2021.103547
Artificial Intelligence
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Fair division,Maximin shares,Strongly polynomial algorithm
Journal
300
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
0004-3702
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jugal Garg133.77
Setareh Taki211.37