Shapley mappings and the cumulative value for n-person games with fuzzy coalitions

In this paper we prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution concept for n-person games with fuzzy coalitions, which we call the Shapley mapping. The Shapley mapping, when it exists, associates to each fuzzy coalition in the game an allocation of the coalitional worth satisfying the efficiency, the symmetry, and the null-player conditions. It determines a “cumulative value” that is the “sum” of all coalitional allocations and for whose computation we provide an explicit formula.