Cake cutting: Not just child's play
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articles addressing some of the great challenges of the 21st century involves a thorough
understanding of fairness considerations. fairly dividing limited natural resources (such as
fossil fuels, clean water, and the environment’s capacity to absorb greenhouse gases) is of
utmost importance; for example, fairness plays a key role in the evolution of the United Nations
framework Convention on Climate Change, a global treaty for combating climate change, and …
articles addressing some of the great challenges of the 21st century involves a thorough
understanding of fairness considerations. fairly dividing limited natural resources (such as
fossil fuels, clean water, and the environment’s capacity to absorb greenhouse gases) is of
utmost importance; for example, fairness plays a key role in the evolution of the United Nations
framework Convention on Climate Change, a global treaty for combating climate change, and …
How to fairly allocate divisible resources, and why computer scientists should take notice.
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