In this paper, we define a modification of the Shapley value for the model of TU games with a priori unions. We provide two characterizations of this value and a new characterization of the Banzhaf–Owen coalitional value. Copyright Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa 2014

An a priori system of unions or coalition structure is a partition of a finite set of players into disjoint coalitions which have made a prior commitment to cooperate in playing a game. This paper provides "ready-to-apply" procedures based on generating functions that are easily implementable to...