On the complexity of robust stable marriage

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Abstract

Robust Stable Marriage (RSM) is a variant of the classical Stable Marriage problem, where the robustness of a given stable matching is measured by the number of modifications required for repairing it in case an unforeseen event occurs. We focus on the complexity of finding an (a, b)-supermatch. An (a, b)-supermatch is defined as a stable matching in which if any a (non-fixed) men/women break up it is possible to find another stable matching by changing the partners of those a men/women and also the partners of at most b other couples. In order to show deciding if there exists an (a, b)-supermatch is NP -complete, we first introduce a SAT formulation that is NP -complete by using Schaefer’s Dichotomy Theorem. Then, we show the equivalence between the SAT formulation and finding a (1, 1)-supermatch on a specific family of instances.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCombinatorial Optimization and Applications - 11th International Conference, COCOA 2017, Proceedings
EditorsXiaofeng Gao, Hongwei Du, Meng Han
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages441-448
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783319711461
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event11th International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, COCOA 2017 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 16 Dec 201718 Dec 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10628 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, COCOA 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period16/12/1718/12/17

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