Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/117970 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 97.2004
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
We define the canonical form of a cost spanning tree problem. The canonical form has the property that reducing the cost of any arc, the minimal cost of connecting agents to the source is also reduced. We argue that the canonical form is a relevant concept in this kind of problems and study a rule using it. This rule satisfies much more interesting properties than other rules in the literature. Furthermore we provide two characterizations. Finally, we present several approaches to this rule without using the canonical form.
Subjects: 
Cost spanning tree
Rules
Canonical form
JEL: 
C71
D70
D85
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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