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Trading Utility for Dynamic Fairness in Multiple Resource Division with Sequential Demand

arXiv 2606.10472 ↗First posted 9 Jun 2026cs.GT cs.LGcited by 0

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Abstract (arXiv)

Dynamic multi-resource allocation is a central problem in shared computing environments, where users' demands arrive sequentially and resources must be distributed fairly without knowledge of future demands. Existing methods emphasize fairness guarantees such as Sharing Incentive, Envy Freeness, and Dynamic Pareto Optimality, but often overlook system utility. Moreover, these fairness criteria are mutually incompatible, preventing strict enforcement of them at the same time. We propose a neural allocation mechanism that reconciles fairness with utility through multi-objective optimization during sequential rollout. We first formalize fairness in the dynamic setting via stepwise loss functions for Sharing Incentive, Envy Freeness, and Dynamic Pareto Optimality, enabling differentiable training. Leveraging non-wastefulness, we parameterized the solutions by constraining allocations to the subspace of demand while allowing elastic over-allocation when resources remain available. Empirical results demonstrate that our learned allocator achieves substantially higher utility at comparable levels of fairness, uncovering clear Pareto-frontier-like tradeoffs across metrics.

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  1. 2019Themis: Fair and Efficient GPU Cluster Schedulingcited by 43
  2. 2019Fairness-Efficiency Tradeoffs in Dynamic Fair Divisioncited by 9
  3. 2022Fair Division of Indivisible Goods: A Surveycited by 5
  4. 2021Finding Representative Group Fairness Metrics Using Correlation Estimationscited by 2

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