A specialised binary constraint for the stable marriage problem

Unsworth, C. and Prosser, P. (2005) A specialised binary constraint for the stable marriage problem. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3607, pp. 218-233. (doi: 10.1007/11527862_16)

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Abstract

We present a specialised binary constraint for the stable marriage problem. This constraint acts between a pair of integer variables where the domains of those variables represent preferences. Our constraint enforces stability and disallows bigamy. For a stable marriage instance with n men and women we require n2 of these constraints, and the complexity of enforcing arc-consistency is O(n3). Although this is non-optimal, empirical evidence suggests that in practical terms our encoding significantly outperforms the optimal encoding given in [7] in both space and time.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Unsworth, Dr Chris and Prosser, Dr Patrick
Authors: Unsworth, C., and Prosser, P.
Subjects:Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
Journal Name:Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0302-9743
Copyright Holders:Copyright © Springer 2006
First Published:First published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3670:218-233
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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