The geometry of efficient fair division.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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Date: 12/1/2005
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The geometry of efficient fair division.
Barbanel, Julius B.
Cambridge U. Pr.
2005
462 pages
$95.00
Hardcover
QA165
The fundamental solution to fair division between two people has been known for thousands of years since the days of Abraham and Lot and Hesiod: one divides and the other chooses. Barbanel (mathematics, Union College) presents a number of schemes that generalize from that solution to provide a ...
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