EEF implies PROP for subadditive valuations

Dependencies:

  1. Fair division
  2. Subadditive and superadditive set functions

In fair division, suppose some agent $i$ has a subadditive valuation function. If allocation $A$ is epistemic-EF-fair to $i$, then $A$ is also PROP-fair to $i$ (even for unequal entitlements).

Proof

Let $B$ be agent $i$'s epistemic-EF-certificate for $A$. Then for all $j \in [n]$, we have $v_i(B_i)/w_i ≥ v_i(B_j)/w_j$. Sum these inequalities over all $j \in [n]$, weighting each by $w_j$, to get $v_i(B_i)/w_i ≥ \sum_{j=1}^n v_i(B_j)$. Since $v_i$ is subadditive, we get $v_i(M) \le \sum_{j=1}^n v_i(B_j)$. Hence, \[ v_i(A_i)/w_i = v_i(B_i)/w_i \ge \sum_{j=1}^n v_i(B_j) \ge v_i(M). \]

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Transitive dependencies:

  1. /sets-and-relations/countable-set
  2. σ-algebra
  3. Set function
  4. Fair division
  5. Subadditive and superadditive set functions