23491 - Quantitative Methods

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Commerce (cod. 0905)

Learning outcomes

Basic notions of fair division problems and methods.

Course contents

Fair division problems and methods. Fair division with indivisible objects. Divide and choose. Knaster's sealed bids method. Adjusted winner. Applications.

Readings/Bibliography

S.J. Brams, A.D. Taylor, "Fair division", Cambridge University Press, 1996, Capp. 3 - 5
S.J. Brams, A.D. Taylor, "The win-win solution", Norton & Co., 1999, Cap. 5
Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications, "For all practical purposes", Freeman & Co., 2000, Cap. 13
C.-J. Haake, M.G. Raith, F.E. Su, "Bidding for envy-freeness", Social Choice and Welfare, 19 (2002)
F. Klijn, "An algorithm for envy-free allocations in an economy with indivisible objects and money", Social Choice and Welfare, 17 (2000).
M.G. Raith, "Fair negotiation procedures", Mathematical Social Sciences", 39 (2000)
P. Tannenbaum, R. Arnold, "Excursions in modern mathematics", Prentice Hall, 2001, Cap. 3

Teaching methods

Classroom lessons.

Assessment methods

Written test.

Teaching tools

Further recommended readings suggested during the lessons, including slides in italian.

Office hours

See the website of Corrado Corradi