Stable matching with preferences derived from a psychological model

  • Authors:
  • John Bartholdi, III;Michael A Trick

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA;School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

  • Venue:
  • Operations Research Letters
  • Year:
  • 1986

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Abstract

We study a special case of the Stable Roommates problem in which preferences are derived from a psychological model common in social choice literature. When preferences are 'single-peaked' and 'narcissistic', there exists a unique stable matching, and it can be constructed in O(n) time. We also show how to recognize quickly, when a set of preferences is single-peaked.