Multi-criteria minimum cost spanning tree games

The minimum cost spanning tree game (mcst-game) is a well-known model within operations research games that has been widely studied in the literature. In this paper we introduce the multi-criteria version of the mcst-game as a set-valued TU-game. We prove that the extension of Bird's cost alloc...

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Autores: Fernández García, Francisco Ramón, Hinojosa Ramos, Miguel Ángel, Puerto Albandoz, Justo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/26028
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/26028
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2003.06.013
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cooperative game theory
Multi-criteria optimization
Minimum cost spanning tree
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Sumario:The minimum cost spanning tree game (mcst-game) is a well-known model within operations research games that has been widely studied in the literature. In this paper we introduce the multi-criteria version of the mcst-game as a set-valued TU-game. We prove that the extension of Bird's cost allocation rule provides dominance core elements in this game. We also give a family of core solutions that are different from the previous one; these solutions are based on proportional allocations obtained using scalar solutions of the multi-criteria spanning tree problem. Besides, we prove necessary and sufficient conditions ensuring that the preference core of this game is not empty.