This article shows that, for any transferable utility game in coalitional form with a nonempty coalition structure core …, the number of steps required to switch from a payoff configuration out of the coalition structure core to a payoff … configuration in the coalition structure core is less than or equal to $$(n^2+4n)/4$$ , where $$n$$ is the cardinality of the player …

of the first models where restrictions in cooperation are considered is the one of games with coalition structure of … within their own union. Owen (1977) introduced a value for games with coalition structure under the assumption that also the …

This article shows that, for any transferable utility game in coalitional form with a nonempty coalition structure core …, the number of steps required to switch from a payoff configuration out of the coalition structure core to a payoff … configuration in the coalition structure core is less than or equal to <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format …