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Efficient Algorithms for Envy-Free Stick Division With Fewest Cuts

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arxiv 1502.04048 v3 pith:6GPZSPXM submitted 2015-02-13 cs.DS

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keywords algorithmenvy-freegivenlengthpiecesproblemsticksaamas
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Given a set of n sticks of various (not necessarily different) lengths, what is the largest length so that we can cut k equally long pieces of this length from the given set of sticks? We analyze the structure of this problem and show that it essentially reduces to a single call of a selection algorithm; we thus obtain an optimal linear-time algorithm. This algorithm also solves the related envy-free stick-division problem, which Segal-Halevi, Hassidim, and Aumann (AAMAS, 2015) recently used as their central primitive operation for the first discrete and bounded envy-free cake cutting protocol with a proportionality guarantee when pieces can be put to waste.

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