Finding Your Preferred Seller on Tinder: A Matching Markets Analysis
Nobody said online dating was easy—but by better understanding the matching algorithms that operate behind the screen, it may finally be possible to beat the odds and find your soulmate. In her recent article, Kamya Pandey takes a deeper look at the matching algorithms behind Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge, perhaps three of the most popular […]
Can’t Get Into Classes? Sounds Like a Perfect Matching Problem.
For many students at Cornell, pre-enrollment and add/drop periods can be very stressful, especially if the demand for the classes you want to get into is high and the number of seats in them are low. In her article, Yao talks about how, throughout her three years at Cornell, she has been shut out of […]
Matching Theorem on Arranged Marriage Market
Source: Arranged Marriages under Transferable Utilities When imagining a circumstance where the matching theorem needs to be applied, one may think about a good with several levels of quality matching to a group of consumers or matching apartments to people. A common theme in these examples is the inclusion of inanimate materialistic products however the […]