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Re:How a matchmaking algorithm saved lives by chrischen on Thursday February 25, 2016 @05:41AM (#11173592)
Is there a patent on this?
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Re:How a matchmaking algorithm saved lives by DennisP on Thursday February 25, 2016 @09:27AM (#11174580)
The basic Gale-Shapley algorithm was published in 1962.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_marriage_problem

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Re:How a matchmaking algorithm saved lives by mapmap on Thursday February 25, 2016 @07:33PM (#11179040)
Is this the algorithm that was discussed in the article? I couldn't find a link.
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Re:How a matchmaking algorithm saved lives by DennisP on Friday February 26, 2016 @09:33AM (#11181533)
Yes, from the article: "In the 1960s, researchers David Gale and Lloyd Shapley embarked upon research to take up an unlikely subject: matchmaking."
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Re:How a matchmaking algorithm saved lives by cschmidt on Thursday February 25, 2016 @09:17AM (#11174518)
Not that I'm aware of. (I've read a fair bit on the topic.)
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