An Improved Fair Allocation Based on Contribution Rate and Its Application

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:4.06em"/><col style="width:20.23em"/><col style="width:4.06em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_left">Characteristics</td><td class="align_center">Level</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PA</td><td class="align_left">(1) Member goal and alliance target are needed<br/>(2) The growth rates tend to equal and are much different from the trend of weight change<br/></td><td class="align_center">A</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">NBS</td><td class="align_left">(1) Member goal and alliance target are needed<br/>(2) The growth rates have too many differences and are much different from the trend of weight change; there even exist negatives</td><td class="align_center">A</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">ABCR</td><td class="align_left">(1) Beside member goal and alliance target, member weights are also needed <br/>(2) The growth rate is related to the trend of weight change</td><td class="align_center">A+</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The characteristics of fair allocations algorithm.</div>

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