Ideal free distribution

Imagine there are some toys to play with in a room and you and your friends want to play with them. Some toys are bigger and better than others, and everyone wants to have the best toy to play with. But, there are only so many toys in the room, and you all can't have the best toy. So, how do you decide who gets to play with the best toys?

This is where the idea of an "ideal free distribution" comes in. It's a way to make sure that everyone gets a fair share of the toys, based on how much they want them and how good they are.

To use an ideal free distribution, you first have to figure out how good each toy is. You can do this by giving each toy a score, based on things like how big it is or how fun it is to play with. Then, you have to figure out how much each person wants each toy. You can do this by asking everyone to rate the toys from their favorite to their least favorite.

Once you have all this information, you can use the ideal free distribution formula to figure out who gets to play with which toy. This formula takes into account how good the toys are and how much each person wants them, and makes sure that everyone is as happy as possible with the toy they get to play with.

So, in the end, an ideal free distribution is just a fancy way to make sure everyone gets a fair share of the toys based on what they like and how good the toys are.