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Nash Welfare in the Facility Location Problem

Alexander Lam

Abstract

In most facility location research, either an efficient facility placement which minimizes the total cost or a fairer placement which minimizes the maximum cost are typically proposed. To find a solution that is both fair and efficient, we propose converting the agent costs to utilities and placing the facility/ies such that the product of utilities, also known as the Nash welfare, is maximized. We ask whether the Nash welfare's well-studied balance between fairness and efficiency also applies to the facility location setting, and what agent strategic behaviour may occur under this facility placement.

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BibTeX
@inproceedings{ijcai2021p680,
  title     = {Nash Welfare in the Facility Location Problem},
  author    = {Lam, Alexander},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Thirtieth International Joint Conference on
               Artificial Intelligence, {IJCAI-21}},
  publisher = {International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization},
  editor    = {Zhi-Hua Zhou},
  pages     = {4897--4898},
  year      = {2021},
  month     = {8},
  note      = {Doctoral Consortium},
  doi       = {10.24963/ijcai.2021/680},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2021/680},
}
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