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A network visualization of stable matching in the stable marriage problem

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The stable marriage problem (SMP) seeks matchings between n women and n men which would result in stability, and not lead to divorce or extramarital affairs. We have introduced a network consisting of nodes which represent matchings, and links between nodes which attain stability by exchanging a partner between two pairs. The network is depicted with nodes laid out to involve several coordinates which indicate either women’s satisfaction or men’s or both. With the network visualization, regularity and symmetry can be made conspicuous in specific instances of the SMP such as the Latin SMP.

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  1. Department of Knowledge-Based Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8580, Japan

    Yoshihisa Morizumi, Tatsuya Hayashi & Yoshiteru Ishida

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  1. Yoshihisa Morizumi
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  2. Tatsuya Hayashi
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Correspondence to Yoshiteru Ishida.

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This work was presented in part at the 15th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, February 4–6, 2010

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Morizumi, Y., Hayashi, T. & Ishida, Y. A network visualization of stable matching in the stable marriage problem. Artif Life Robotics 16, 40–43 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-011-0873-4

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