The University of California celebrates David Gale and Lloyd Shapley with an article appropriate to Valentine's Day:
How a matchmaking algorithm saved lives
Long before dating sites, a pair of economists delved into the question of matchmaking, and hit upon a formula with applications far beyond romance.
The article has Jane Austen characters in the explanation of the deferred acceptance algorithm, and pictures, including these:
They also link to this animated, interactive Berkeley mathsite exhibit on the stable marriage problem. (It is part of a larger MathSite interactive mathematics exhibit supported by the David Gale Fund for Interactive Mathematics.)
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Valentine's day reminds me of a post from a few years ago:
Happy Valentine's day to all, from Philadelphia:)
How a matchmaking algorithm saved lives
Long before dating sites, a pair of economists delved into the question of matchmaking, and hit upon a formula with applications far beyond romance.
The article has Jane Austen characters in the explanation of the deferred acceptance algorithm, and pictures, including these:
They also link to this animated, interactive Berkeley mathsite exhibit on the stable marriage problem. (It is part of a larger MathSite interactive mathematics exhibit supported by the David Gale Fund for Interactive Mathematics.)
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Valentine's day reminds me of a post from a few years ago:
What has G-d been doing since the Creation? (Matchmaking, of course...))
Happy Valentine's day to all, from Philadelphia:)
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