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Andreas Darmann
 
''It is hard to agree on a spanning tree''
( 2014, Vol. 34 No.1 )
 
 
We consider the problem of finding a "fair" or "acceptable" spanning tree in an undirected graph when each member of a group of agents proposes a spanning tree. An "acceptable" spanning tree in that respect is a spanning tree which does not differ in more than a given number of edges from each of the single proposals. We show that, from a computational perspective, determining if such a spanning tree exists is a difficult (NP-complete) problem.
 
 
Keywords: social choice, spanning trees, computational complexity
JEL: D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General
 
Manuscript Received : Dec 17 2013 Manuscript Accepted : Jan 14 2014

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