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Computational Complexity in Additive Hedonic Games

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  • Sung, Shao-Chin
  • Dimitrov, Dinko

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We investigate the computational complexity of several decision problems in hedonic coalition formation games and demonstrate that attaining stability in such games remains NP-hard even when they are additive. Precisely, we prove that when either core stability or strict core stability is under consideration, the existence problem of a stable coalition structure is NP-hard in the strong sense. Furthermore, the corresponding decision problems with respect to the existence of a Nash stable coalition structure and of an individually stable coalition structure turn out to be NP-complete in the strong sense.

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Paper provided by University of Munich, Department of Economics in its series Discussion Papers in Economics with number 6430.

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Keywords: additive preferences; coalition formation; computational complexity; hedonic games; NP-hard; NP-complete;

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  1. Sung, Shao-Chin & Dimitrov, Dinko, 2010. "Computational complexity in additive hedonic games," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 203(3), pages 635-639, June.
  2. Woeginger, Gerhard J., 2013. "A hardness result for core stability in additive hedonic games," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 65(2), pages 101-104.

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