More Effort Towards Multiagent Knapsack

Sushmita Gupta, Pallavi Jain, Sanjay Seetharaman

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Abstract

In this paper, we study two multiagent variants of the knapsack problem. Fluschnik et al. [AAAI 2019] studied the model in which each agent expresses its preference by assigning a utility to every item. They studied three preference aggregation rules for finding a subset (knapsack) of items: individually best, diverse, and Nash welfare-based. Informally, diversity is achieved by satisfying as many agents as possible. Motivated by the application of aggregation operators in multiwinner elections, we extend the study from diverse aggregation rule to Median and Best scoring functions. We study the computational and parameterized complexity of the problem with respect to some natural parameters, namely, the number of agents, the number of items, and the distance from an easy instance. We also study the complexity of the problem under domain restrictions. Furthermore, we present significantly faster parameterized algorithms with respect to the number of agents for the diverse aggregation rule.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSOFSEM 2023
Subtitle of host publicationTheory and Practice of Computer Science - 48th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2023, Proceedings
EditorsLeszek Gasieniec
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages47-62
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783031231001
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event48th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2023 - Nový Smokovec, Slovakia
Duration: 15 Jan 202318 Jan 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13878 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference48th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2023
Country/TerritorySlovakia
CityNový Smokovec
Period15/01/2318/01/23

Keywords

  • Complexity
  • Social choice
  • Voting

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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