EFX allocations always exist for any number of agents when two agents have arbitrary set monotonic valuations and all others have size monotonic valuations.
EFX Exists for Three Types of Agents
1 Pith paper cite this work. Polarity classification is still indexing.
abstract
We study the problem of finding an envy-free allocation of indivisible goods among agents with additive valuations. We focus on the fairness notion of envy-freeness up to any good (EFX). A central open question in fair division is whether EFX allocations always exist for any number of agents. While EFX has been established for three agents [CGM24] and for any number of agents with at most two distinct valuations [Mah23], its existence in more general settings remains open. In this paper, we make significant progress by proving that EFX allocations exist for any number of agents when there are at most three distinct additive valuations. This result simultaneously generalizes both the three-agent case and the two-type case, settling an open question in the field (see [Mah23]).
citation-role summary
citation-polarity summary
fields
econ.TH 1years
2025 1verdicts
CONDITIONAL 1roles
background 1polarities
unclear 1representative citing papers
citing papers explorer
-
On the existence of EFX allocations for goods
EFX allocations always exist for any number of agents when two agents have arbitrary set monotonic valuations and all others have size monotonic valuations.