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Singapore government dating app uses stable matching algorithm
Original: Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm
Singapore's government-backed dating app is reportedly built on the Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm, the classic matching method originally developed by mathematicians Lloyd Shapley and Alvin Roth. The pairing algorithm is designed to match users so that no two participants would both prefer each other over their assigned partners. The detail has drawn attention online, with commenters amused that a decades-old economics result underpins a state-run matchmaking service.
Why now: People find it surprising and amusing that a government dating service uses a famous Nobel-recognised matching algorithm.
Singapore governmentGale-Shapley algorithmLloyd ShapleyAlvin Roth
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