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Marriage Broker

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Algorithms Unplugged

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In this chapter the authors consider how a dating service should optimally arrange meetings among marriage-minded ladies and gentlemen – at least from a theoretical point of view. In so doing the authors analyze the algorithm in terms of its running time, and they explain the related Marriage Theorem.

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  1. Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Volker Claus, Volker Diekert & Holger Petersen

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Informatik I, Algorithmen und Komplexität, RWTH Aachen, Ahornstr. 55, Aachen, 52074, Germany

    Berthold Vöcking

  2. Institut für Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 9, Berlin, 14195, Germany

    Helmut Alt

  3. Institut für Theoretische Informatik, Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Helmholtzplatz 1, Ilmenau, 98693, Germany

    Martin Dietzfelbinger

  4. Institut für Theoretische Informatik, Universität zu Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, Lübeck, 23538, Germany

    Rüdiger Reischuk

  5. Institut für Informatik, Universität Paderborn, Fürstenallee 11, Paderborn, 33102, Germany

    Christian Scheideler

  6. Institut für Theoretische Informatik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstr. 4, Hannover, 30167, Germany

    Heribert Vollmer

  7. Institut für Theoretische Informatik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Am Fasanengarten 5, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany

    Dorothea Wagner

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Claus, V., Diekert, V., Petersen, H. (2011). Marriage Broker. In: Vöcking, B., et al. Algorithms Unplugged. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15328-0_35

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