Mechanisms for dividing a set of goods amongst a number of autonomous agents need to balance efficiency and fairness requirements. A common interpretation of fairness is envy-freeness, while efficiency is usually understood as yielding maximal overall utility. We show how to set up a distributed negotiation framework that will allow a group of agents to reach an allocation of goods that is both efficient and envy-free.

Authors

• Yann Chevaleyre
• Ulle Endriss
• Sylvia Estivie
• Nicolas Maudet LIP6, Sorbonne Université

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