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The online matching problem was introduced by Karp, Vazirani and Vazirani (STOC 1990) on bipartite graphs with vertex arrivals. It is well-known that the optimal competitive ratio is $1-1/e$ for both integral and fractional versions of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Sander Borst , Danish Kashaev , Zhuan Khye Koh

In the setting of online algorithms, the input is initially not present but rather arrive one-by-one over time and after each input, the algorithm has to make a decision. Depending on the formulation of the problem, the algorithm might be…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-10 Mustafa Safa Ozdayi

We study a weighted online bipartite matching problem: $G(V_1, V_2, E)$ is a weighted bipartite graph where $V_1$ is known beforehand and the vertices of $V_2$ arrive online. The goal is to match vertices of $V_2$ as they arrive to vertices…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-09-09 Moses Charikar , Monika Henzinger , Huy L. Nguyen

We introduce and study the weighted version of an online matching problem in the Euclidean plane with non-crossing constraints: points with non-negative weights arrive online, and an algorithm can match an arriving point to one of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Joan Boyar , Shahin Kamali , Kim S. Larsen , Ali Fata Lavasani , Yaqiao Li , Denis Pankratov

Online bipartite matching is a fundamental problem in online optimization, extensively studied both in its integral and fractional forms due to its theoretical significance and practical applications, such as online advertising and resource…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-30 Davin Choo , Billy Jin , Yongho Shin

We present a series of results regarding conceptually simple algorithms for bipartite matching in various online and related models. We first consider a deterministic adversarial model. The best approximation ratio possible for a one-pass…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-07-03 Allan Borodin , Denis Pankratov , Amirali Salehi-Abari

In this paper, we consider the online vertex-weighted bipartite matching problem in the random arrival model. We consider the generalization of the RANKING algorithm for this problem introduced by Huang, Tang, Wu, and Zhang (TALG 2019), who…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-09 Billy Jin , David P. Williamson

In their seminal paper, Karp, Vazirani and Vazirani (STOC'90) introduce the online bipartite matching problem, and the RANKING algorithm, which admits a tight $1-\frac{1}{e}$ competitive ratio. Since its publication, the problem has…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Alon Eden , Michal Feldman , Amos Fiat , Kineret Segal

Most prior work on online matching problems has been with the flexibility of keeping some vertices unmatched. We study three related online matching problems with the constraint of matching every vertex, i.e., with no rejections. We adopt a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-15 Mohak Goyal

We study a generalization of the advice complexity model of online computation in which the advice is provided by an untrusted source. Our objective is to quantify the impact of untrusted advice so as to design and analyze online algorithms…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-17 Spyros Angelopoulos , Christoph Dürr , Shendan Jin , Shahin Kamali , Marc Renault

Online Bipartite Matching with random user arrival is a fundamental problem in the online advertisement ecosystem. Over the last 30 years, many algorithms and impossibility results have been developed for this problem. In particular, the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Flavio Chierichetti , Mirko Giacchini , Alessandro Panconesi , Andrea Vattani

We study the online stochastic matching problem. Consider a bipartite graph with offline vertices on one side, and with i.i.d.online vertices on the other side. The offline vertices and the distribution of online vertices are known to the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-26 Zhiyi Huang , Xinkai Shu

Within the context of stochastic probing with commitment, we consider the online stochastic matching problem; that is, the one-sided online bipartite matching problem where edges adjacent to an online node must be probed to determine if…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Allan Borodin , Calum MacRury , Akash Rakheja

Our work introduces the effect of supply/demand imbalances into the literature on online matching with stochastic rewards in bipartite graphs. We provide a parameterized definition that characterizes instances as over- or undersupplied (or…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Benjamin Barrientos , Daniel Freund , Daniela Saban

Bipartite matching markets pair agents on one side of a market with agents, items, or contracts on the opposing side. Prior work addresses online bipartite matching markets, where agents arrive over time and are dynamically matched to a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-12-13 John P Dickerson , Karthik A Sankararaman , Aravind Srinivasan , Pan Xu

We consider the setting of online computation with advice, and study the bin packing problem and a number of scheduling problems. We show that it is possible, for any of these problems, to arbitrarily approach a competitive ratio of $1$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-08-06 Marc P. Renault , Adi Rosén , Rob van Stee

The $b$-matching problem is an allocation problem where the vertices on the left-hand side of a bipartite graph, referred to as servers, may be matched multiple times. In the setting with stochastic rewards, an assignment between an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-27 Susanne Albers , Sebastian Schubert

We study the online bipartite matching problem, introduced by Karp, Vazirani and Vazirani [1990]. For bipartite graphs with matchings of size $n$, it is known that the Ranking randomized algorithm matches at least $(1 - \frac{1}{e})n$ edges…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-01-01 Uriel Feige

We study the $b$-matching problem in bipartite graphs $G=(S,R,E)$. Each vertex $s\in S$ is a server with individual capacity $b_s$. The vertices $r\in R$ are requests that arrive online and must be assigned instantly to an eligible server.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-01 Susanne Albers , Sebastian Schubert

In the online bipartite matching with reassignments problem, an algorithm is initially given only one side of the vertex set of a bipartite graph; the vertices on the other side are revealed to the algorithm one by one, along with its…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-12 Yongho Shin , Kangsan Kim , Seungmin Lee , Hyung-Chan An