max-min fairness

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What does max-min fairness mean?

The fairness achieved by an allocation if and only if the allocation is feasible and an attempt to increase the allocation of any participant necessarily results in the decrease in the allocation of some other participant with an equal or smaller allocation.

Where does max-min fairness come from?

See maximum and minimum.

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