The ‘Stable Marriage Problem’ Solution Underpins Dating Apps and School Admissions An elegant matchmaking algorithm called Gale-Shapley can find the best possible pairings for everybody ...

In 1962, D. Gale, PhD, MA, and L.S. Shapley, PhD, described the " stable marriage " algorithm. Stable means that, at the algorithm's conclusion, no applicant and no program would prefer to be with ...