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Simultaneous EF1 under two heterogeneous monotone valuation profiles

Investigate whether, for every instance with two heterogeneous monotone valuation profiles over indivisible goods—namely, monotone subjective utilities (u_i) and heterogeneous monotone market valuations (v_i)—there exists an allocation that is envy-free up to one good (EF1) simultaneously with respect to both profiles; further, ascertain whether the existence is guaranteed when one of the two profiles (either (u_i) or (v_i)) consists of additive valuations.

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Background

Beyond additivity, the paper explores whether EF1 can be achieved simultaneously when both evaluation profiles are only assumed monotone. While EF1 w.r.t. a single monotone profile is known to exist, introducing a second (market-value) profile creates a significant challenge.

This open question explicitly asks for existence under two heterogeneous monotone profiles and also poses a sub-question for the special case where one profile is additive.

References

Open Question: Does there always exist an allocation that is EF1 w.r.t. two heterogeneous monotone valuation profiles simultaneously (i.e., w.r.t. monotone subjective utilities and heterogeneous monotone market values)? What if one of the profiles consisted of additive valuations?

Fair Division with Market Values (2410.23137 - Barman et al., 30 Oct 2024) in Open Question, Section 4.3 (Monotone Valuations)