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I introduce a stability notion, dynamic stability, for two-sided dynamic matching markets where (i) matching opportunities arrive over time, (ii) matching is one-to-one, and (iii) matching is irreversible. The definition addresses two…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2021-03-01 Laura Doval

In the fundamental Stable Marriage and Stable Roommates problems, there are inherent trade-offs between the size and stability of solutions. While in the former problem, a stable matching always exists and can be found efficiently using the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Frederik Glitzner , David Manlove

We introduce a model of dynamic matching with transferable utility, extending the static model of Shapley and Shubik (1971). Forward-looking agents have individual states that evolve with current matches. Each period, a matching market with…

Econometrics · Economics 2026-04-23 Pauline Corblet , Jeremy Fox , Alfred Galichon

In this paper we consider the issue of a unique prediction in one to one two sided matching markets, as defined by Gale and Shapley (1962), and we prove the following. Theorem. Let P be a one-to-one two-sided matching market and let P be…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2023-07-21 Gregory Z. Gutin , Philip R. Neary , Anders Yeo

The Stable Roommates problem involves matching a set of agents into pairs based on the agents' strict ordinal preference lists. The matching must be stable, meaning that no two agents strictly prefer each other to their assigned partners. A…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-12 Michael McKay , David Manlove

There are growing concerns that algorithms, which increasingly make or influence important decisions pertaining to individuals, might produce outcomes that discriminate against protected groups. We study such fairness concerns in the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Gili Karni , Guy N. Rothblum , Gal Yona

Consider the group of $n$ men and $n$ women, each with their own preference list for a potential marriage partner. The stable marriage is a bipartite matching such that no unmatched pair (man, woman) prefer each other to their partners in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-25 Boris Pittel

The topic of stable matchings (marriages) in a bipartite graph has become widely popular, starting with the appearance of the classical work by Gale and Shapley. We give a detailed survey on selected known results in this field that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-11 Alexander V. Karzanov

We generalize two well-known game-theoretic models by introducing multiple partners matching games, defined by a graph $G=(N,E)$, with an integer vertex capacity function $b$ and an edge weighting $w$. The set $N$ consists of a number of…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-01 Péter Biró , Walter Kern , Daniël Paulusma , Péter Wojuteczky

Matching games is a one-to-one two sided market model introduced by Garrido-Lucero and Laraki, in which coupled agents' utilities are endogenously determined as the outcome of a strategic game. They refine the classical pairwise stability…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Felipe Garrido-Lucero , Rida Laraki

The Stable Marriage Problem (SMP) is a well-known matching problem first introduced and solved by Gale and Shapley (1962). Several variants and extensions to this problem have since been investigated to cover a wider set of applications.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-05-03 Sofie De Clercq , Steven Schockaert , Martine De Cock , Ann Nowé

In their seminal work on the Stable Marriage Problem, Gale and Shapley describe an algorithm which finds a stable matching in $O(n^2)$ communication rounds. Their algorithm has a natural interpretation as a distributed algorithm where each…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-03 Rafail Ostrovsky , Will Rosenbaum

In this paper we show that when individuals in a bipartite network exclusively choose partners and exchange valued goods with their partners, then there exists a set of exchanges that are pair-wise stable. Pair-wise stability implies that…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2010-11-12 Ankur Mani , Asuman Ozdaglar , Alex , Pentland

We provide a problem definition of the stable marriage problem for a general number of parties $p$ under a natural preference scheme in which each person has simple lists for the other parties. We extend the notion of stability in a natural…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-11 Jared D. Lichtman

In stable matching, one must find a matching between two sets of agents, commonly men and women, or job applicants and job positions. Each agent has a preference ordering over who they want to be matched with. Moreover a matching is said to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Andrei Constantinescu , Marc Dufay , Diana Ghinea , Roger Wattenhofer

We show that the ratio of matched individuals to blocking pairs grows linearly with the number of propose--accept rounds executed by the Gale--Shapley algorithm for the stable marriage problem. Consequently, the participants can arrive at…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-05-15 Patrik Floréen , Petteri Kaski , Valentin Polishchuk , Jukka Suomela

We introduce a generalized version of the famous Stable Marriage problem, now based on multi-modal preference lists. The central twist herein is to allow each agent to rank its potentially matching counterparts based on more than one…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2018-01-10 Jiehua Chen , Rolf Niedermeier , Piotr Skowron

The stable matching problem has been the subject of intense theoretical and empirical study since the seminal 1962 paper by Gale and Shapley. The number of stable matchings for different systems of preferences has been studied in many…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-01-01 Christopher Hoffman , Avi Levy , Elchanan Mossel

The classical stable marriage problem asks for a matching between a set of men and a set of women with no blocking pairs, which are pairs formed by a man and a woman who would both prefer switching from their current status to be paired up…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-21 Felix Bauckholt , Kanstantsin Pashkovich , Laura Sanità

The stable matching problem is a prototype model in economics and social sciences where agents act selfishly to optimize their own satisfaction, subject to mutually conflicting constraints. A stable matching is a pairing of adjacent…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephan Mertens