Fair Division: From Cake-Cutting to Dispute Resolution Contributor(s): Brams, Steven J. (Author), Taylor, Alan D. (Joint Author) |
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ISBN: 0521556449 ISBN-13: 9780521556446 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $51.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: Cutting a cake, dividing up the property in an estate, determining the borders in an international dispute--such problems of fair division are ubiquitous. Fair Division treats all these problems and many more through a rigorous analysis of the well-known cake-cutting procedure. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Business & Economics | Negotiating - Law | Alternative Dispute Resolution |
Dewey: 303.69 |
LCCN: 95016488 |
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.04" W x 9.01" (0.89 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Fair Division, unlike most research on fairness in the social sciences and mathematics, is devoted solely to the analysis of constructive procedures for actually dividing things up and resolving disputes, including indivisible items or issues, such as the marital property in a divorce or sovereignty in an international dispute. |