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The frontier of intractability for EFX with two agents

Abstract:
We consider the problem of sharing a set of indivisible goods among agents in a fair manner, namely such that the allocation is envy-free up to any good (EFX). We focus on the problem of computing an EFX allocation in the two-agent case and characterize the computational complexity of the problem for most well-known valuation classes. We present a simple greedy algorithm that solves the problem when the agent valuations are weakly well-layered, a class which contains gross substitutes and budget-additive valuations. For the next largest valuation class we prove a negative result: the problem is PLS-complete for submodular valuations. All of our results also hold for the setting where there are many agents with identical valuations.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1007/978-3-031-43254-5_17

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Computer Science
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-5436-7890
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Computer Science
Oxford college:
All Souls; All Souls College;All Souls College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0001-5255-9349


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https://ror.org/05svhj534
Grant:
9040-00433B
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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/00mt8k932
Grant:
MB22.00026


Publisher:
Springer
Host title:
Algorithmic Game Theory: 16th International Symposium, SAGT 2023, Egham, UK, September 4–7, 2023, Proceedings
Pages:
290-307
Series:
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Series number:
14238
Place of publication:
Cham, Switzerland
Publication date:
2023-09-04
Acceptance date:
2023-07-01
Event title:
16th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT 2023)
Event location:
Egham, UK
Event website:
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/computer-science/sagt-2023
Event start date:
2023-09-04
Event end date:
2023-09-07
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EISSN:
1611-3349
ISSN:
0302-9743
EISBN:
9783031432545
ISBN:
9783031432538


Language:
English
Pubs id:
1526743
Local pid:
pubs:1526743
Deposit date:
2024-09-03

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