A characterization of Kruskal sharing rules for minimum cost spanning tree problems
DATE:
2009-03
UNIVERSAL IDENTIFIER: http://hdl.handle.net/11093/1100
EDITED VERSION: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00182-008-0147-0
UNESCO SUBJECT: 5399 Otras Especialidades económicas
DOCUMENT TYPE: article
ABSTRACT
In Tijs et al. (Eur J Oper Res 175:121-134, 2006) a new family of cost allocation rules is introduced in the context of cost spanning tree problems. In this paper we provide the first characterization of this family by means of population monotonicity and a property of additivity.