The Division Problem of Chances

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Autore principale: Ramezanian, Rasoul
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author Ramezanian, Rasoul
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contents In frequently repeated matching scenarios, individuals may require diversification in their choices. Therefore, when faced with a set of potential outcomes, each individual may have an ideal lottery over outcomes that represents their preferred option. This suggests that, as people seek variety, their favorite choice is not a particular outcome, but rather a lottery over them as their peak for their preferences. We explore matching problems in situations where agents' preferences are represented by ideal lotteries. Our focus lies in addressing the challenge of dividing chances in matching, where agents express their preferences over a set of objects through ideal lotteries that reflect their single-peaked preferences. We discuss properties such as strategy proofness, replacement monotonicity, (Pareto) efficiency, in-betweenness, non-bossiness, envy-freeness, and anonymity in the context of dividing chances, and propose a class of mechanisms called URC mechanisms that satisfy these properties. Subsequently, we prove that if a mechanism for dividing chances is strategy proof, (Pareto) efficient, replacement monotonic, in-between, non-bossy, and anonymous (or envy free), then it is equivalent in terms of welfare to a URC mechanism.
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Ramezanian, Rasoul
Computer Science and Game Theory
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In frequently repeated matching scenarios, individuals may require diversification in their choices. Therefore, when faced with a set of potential outcomes, each individual may have an ideal lottery over outcomes that represents their preferred option. This suggests that, as people seek variety, their favorite choice is not a particular outcome, but rather a lottery over them as their peak for their preferences. We explore matching problems in situations where agents' preferences are represented by ideal lotteries. Our focus lies in addressing the challenge of dividing chances in matching, where agents express their preferences over a set of objects through ideal lotteries that reflect their single-peaked preferences. We discuss properties such as strategy proofness, replacement monotonicity, (Pareto) efficiency, in-betweenness, non-bossiness, envy-freeness, and anonymity in the context of dividing chances, and propose a class of mechanisms called URC mechanisms that satisfy these properties. Subsequently, we prove that if a mechanism for dividing chances is strategy proof, (Pareto) efficient, replacement monotonic, in-between, non-bossy, and anonymous (or envy free), then it is equivalent in terms of welfare to a URC mechanism.
title The Division Problem of Chances
topic Computer Science and Game Theory
9110, 91B32, 91B03, 91B08, 91B68
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16836