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Stable matching with uncertain linear preferences

Stable matching with uncertain linear preferences
Stable matching with uncertain linear preferences
We consider the two-sided stable matching setting in which there may be uncertainty about the agents' preferences due to limited information or communication. We consider three models of uncertainty: (1) lottery model --- for each agent, there is a probability distribution over linear preferences, (2) compact indifference model --- for each agent, a weak preference order is specified and each linear order compatible with the weak order is equally likely and (3) joint probability model --- there is a lottery over preference profiles.
For each of the models, we study the computational complexity of computing the stability probability of a given matching as well as finding a matching with the highest probability of being stable. We also examine more restricted problems such as deciding whether a certainly stable matching exists.
We find a rich complexity landscape for these problems, indicating that the form uncertainty takes is significant.
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de Haan, Ronald
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Aziz, Haris, Biró, Péter, Gaspers, Serge, de Haan, Ronald, Mattei, Nicholas and Rastegari, Baharak (2019) Stable matching with uncertain linear preferences. Algorithmica. (doi:10.1007/s00453-019-00650-0).

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Abstract

We consider the two-sided stable matching setting in which there may be uncertainty about the agents' preferences due to limited information or communication. We consider three models of uncertainty: (1) lottery model --- for each agent, there is a probability distribution over linear preferences, (2) compact indifference model --- for each agent, a weak preference order is specified and each linear order compatible with the weak order is equally likely and (3) joint probability model --- there is a lottery over preference profiles.
For each of the models, we study the computational complexity of computing the stability probability of a given matching as well as finding a matching with the highest probability of being stable. We also examine more restricted problems such as deciding whether a certainly stable matching exists.
We find a rich complexity landscape for these problems, indicating that the form uncertainty takes is significant.

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Accepted/In Press date: 27 October 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 November 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 435630
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/435630
ISSN: 0178-4617
PURE UUID: b5625904-ce0b-47af-87f6-19215fba776e
ORCID for Baharak Rastegari: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0985-573X

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Date deposited: 14 Nov 2019 17:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:54

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Author: Haris Aziz
Author: Péter Biró
Author: Serge Gaspers
Author: Ronald de Haan
Author: Nicholas Mattei
Author: Baharak Rastegari ORCID iD

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