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Stable Matching with Evolving Preferences

Authors Varun Kanade, Nikos Leonardos, Frédéric Magniez

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We consider the problem of stable matching with dynamic preference lists. At each time-step, the preference list of some player may change by swapping random adjacent members. The goal of a central agency (algorithm) is to maintain an approximately stable matching, in terms of number of blocking pairs, at all time-steps. The changes in the preference lists are not reported to the algorithm, but must instead be probed explicitly. We design an algorithm that in expectation and with high probability maintains a matching that has at most O((log n)^2 blocking pairs.

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Varun Kanade, Nikos Leonardos, and Frédéric Magniez. Stable Matching with Evolving Preferences. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 60, pp. 36:1-36:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2016.36

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Varun Kanade
Nikos Leonardos
Frédéric Magniez

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