An Introduction to Allocation Rules

• Main Author: Hougaard, Jens Leth. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Economics.; Microeconomics.; Economics, Mathematical.; Economics/Management Science.; Economic Theory.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.; Game Theory/Mathematical Methods.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01828-2

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
• Index.