Kwanashie, A., Irving, R. W., Manlove, D. F. and Sng, C. T.S. (2015) Profile-Based Optimal Matchings in the Student-Project Allocation Problem. In: Combinatorial Algorithms: 25th International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms (IWOCA 2014), Duluth, MN, USA, 15-17 Oct 2014, pp. 213-225. ISBN 9783319193151 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-19315-1_19)
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Abstract
In the Student/Project Allocation problem (spa) we seek to assign students to individual or group projects offered by lecturers. Students provide a list of projects they find acceptable in order of preference. Each student can be assigned to at most one project and there are constraints on the maximum number of students that can be assigned to each project and lecturer. We seek matchings of students to projects that are optimal with respect to profile, which is a vector whose rth component indicates how many students have their rth-choice project. We present an efficient algorithm for finding agreedy maximum matching in the spa context – this is a maximum matching whose profile is lexicographically maximum. We then show how to adapt this algorithm to find a generous maximum matching – this is a matching whose reverse profile is lexicographically minimum. Our algorithms involve finding optimal flows in networks. We demonstrate how this approach can allow for additional constraints, such as lecturer lower quotas, to be handled flexibly.
Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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Additional Information: | The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19315-1_19 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Irving, Dr Robert and Manlove, Professor David and Kwanashie, Mr Augustine |
Authors: | Kwanashie, A., Irving, R. W., Manlove, D. F., and Sng, C. T.S. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science |
ISBN: | 9783319193151 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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Data DOI: | 10.5525/gla.researchdata.253 |
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