An Introduction to Allocation Rules

• Main Author: Hougaard, Jens Leth (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Operations research.; Decision making.; Economic theory.; Microeconomics.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This book focuses on analyzing cost and surplus sharing problems in a systematic fashion. It offers an in-depth analysis of various types of rules for allocating a common monetary value (cost) between members of a group or network – e.g. individuals, firms or products. The results can help readers e...

Table of Contents:

• Motivation and a Few Cases
• Simple Sharing Problems
• Cost Allocation as Cooperative Games
• General Sharing Problems
• Sharing in Networks.