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Divide and choose (also Cut and choose or I cut, you choose) is a procedure for fair division of a continuous resource, such as a cake, between two parties. It involves a heterogeneous good or resource ("the cake") and two partners who have different preferences over parts of the cake (both want as much of it as possible). The procedure ...
The classic divide and choose procedure for cake-cutting is not truthful: if the cutter knows the chooser's preferences, they can get much more than 1/2 by acting strategically. For example, suppose the cutter values a piece by its size while the chooser values a piece by the amount of chocolate in it.
The rutabaga is a Brassica napus, which is a hybrid of a cabbage and a turnip and its taste reflects that. In its raw form, rutabagas are milder in taste than turnips and when cooked they taste a ...
Symmetric fair cake-cutting is a variant of the fair cake-cutting problem, in which fairness is applied not only to the final outcome, but also to the assignment of roles in the division procedure. As an example, consider a birthday cake that has to be divided between two children with different tastes, such that each child feels that his/her ...
Lanttulaatikko. Lanttulaatikko or kålrotslåda (swede casserole) is a swede (rutabaga) casserole that is a traditional Christmas dish in Finland.It is usually served with other casseroles at the Christmas table as a side dish to ham, fish or other meats.
The main difficulty in designing an envy-free procedure for n > 2 agents is that the problem is not "divisible".I.e., if we divide half of the cake among n/2 agents in an envy-free manner, we cannot just let the other n/2 agents divide the other half in the same manner, because this might cause the first group of n/2 agents to be envious (e.g., it is possible that A and B both believe they got ...
When any player shouts "cut", the cake is cut by the sword and by whichever of the players' knives happens to be the central one of the three (that is, the second in order from the sword). Then the cake is divided in the following way: The piece to the left of the sword, which we denote Left, is given to the player who first shouted "cut". We ...
In 1957, Nebraska Consolidated Mills, who at the time owned the cake mix license, sold the cake mix business to the U.S. consumer products company Procter & Gamble. The company expanded the business to the national market and added a series of related products. Streit's is a kosher food company based in New York City that produces 11 cake mixes ...