/**
* @file
* @brief [Gale Shapley
* Algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale%E2%80%93Shapley_algorithm)
* @details
* This implementation utilizes the Gale-Shapley algorithm to find stable
* matches.
*
* **Gale Shapley Algorithm** aims to find a stable matching between two equally
* sized sets of elements given an ordinal preference for each element. The
* algorithm was introduced by David Gale and Lloyd Shapley in 1962.
*
* Reference:
* [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale%E2%80%93Shapley_algorithm)
* [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_matching_problem)
*
* @author [B Karthik](https://github.com/BKarthik7)
*/
#include <algorithm> /// for std::find
#include <cassert> /// for assert
#include <cstdint> /// for std::uint32_t
#include <vector> /// for std::vector
/**
* @namespace
* @brief Greedy Algorithms
*/
namespace greedy_algorithms {
/**
* @namespace
* @brief Functions for the Gale-Shapley Algorithm
*/
namespace stable_matching {
/**
* @brief The main function that finds the stable matching between two sets of
* elements using the Gale-Shapley Algorithm.
* @note This doesn't work on negative preferences. the preferences should be
* continuous integers starting from 0 to number of preferences - 1.
* @param primary_preferences the preferences of the primary set should be a 2D
* vector
* @param secondary_preferences the preferences of the secondary set should be a
* 2D vector
* @returns matches the stable matching between the two sets
*/
std::vector<std::uint32_t> gale_shapley(
const std::vector<std::vector<std::uint32_t>>& secondary_preferences,
const std::vector<std::vector<std::uint32_t>>& primary_preferences) {
std::uint32_t num_elements = secondary_preferences.size();
std::vector<std::uint32_t> matches(num_elements, -1);
std::vector<bool> is_free_primary(num_elements, true);
std::vector<std::uint32_t> proposal_index(
num_elements,
0); // Tracks the next secondary to propose for each primary
while (true) {
int free_primary_index = -1;
// Find the next free primary
for (std::uint32_t i = 0; i < num_elements; i++) {
if (is_free_primary[i]) {
free_primary_index = i;
break;
}
}
// If no free primary is found, break the loop
if (free_primary_index == -1)
break;
// Get the next secondary to propose
std::uint32_t secondary_to_propose =
primary_preferences[free_primary_index]
[proposal_index[free_primary_index]];
proposal_index[free_primary_index]++;
// Get the current match of the secondary
std::uint32_t current_match = matches[secondary_to_propose];
// If the secondary is free, match them
if (current_match == -1) {
matches[secondary_to_propose] = free_primary_index;
is_free_primary[free_primary_index] = false;
} else {
// Determine if the current match should be replaced
auto new_proposer_rank =
std::find(secondary_preferences[secondary_to_propose].begin(),
secondary_preferences[secondary_to_propose].end(),
free_primary_index);
auto current_match_rank =
std::find(secondary_preferences[secondary_to_propose].begin(),
secondary_preferences[secondary_to_propose].end(),
current_match);
// If the new proposer is preferred over the current match
if (new_proposer_rank < current_match_rank) {
matches[secondary_to_propose] = free_primary_index;
is_free_primary[free_primary_index] = false;
is_free_primary[current_match] =
true; // Current match is now free
}
}
}
return matches;
}
} // namespace stable_matching
} // namespace greedy_algorithms
/**
* @brief Self-test implementations
* @returns void
*/
static void tests() {
// Test Case 1
std::vector<std::vector<std::uint32_t>> primary_preferences = {
{0, 1, 2, 3}, {2, 1, 3, 0}, {1, 2, 0, 3}, {3, 0, 1, 2}};
std::vector<std::vector<std::uint32_t>> secondary_preferences = {
{1, 0, 2, 3}, {3, 0, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 1, 3}, {1, 2, 0, 3}};
assert(greedy_algorithms::stable_matching::gale_shapley(
secondary_preferences, primary_preferences) ==
std::vector<std::uint32_t>({0, 2, 1, 3}));
// Test Case 2
primary_preferences = {
{0, 2, 1, 3}, {2, 3, 0, 1}, {3, 1, 2, 0}, {2, 1, 0, 3}};
secondary_preferences = {
{1, 0, 2, 3}, {3, 0, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 1, 3}, {1, 2, 0, 3}};
assert(greedy_algorithms::stable_matching::gale_shapley(
secondary_preferences, primary_preferences) ==
std::vector<std::uint32_t>({0, 3, 1, 2}));
// Test Case 3
primary_preferences = {{0, 1, 2}, {2, 1, 0}, {1, 2, 0}};
secondary_preferences = {{1, 0, 2}, {2, 0, 1}, {0, 2, 1}};
assert(greedy_algorithms::stable_matching::gale_shapley(
secondary_preferences, primary_preferences) ==
std::vector<std::uint32_t>({0, 2, 1}));
// Test Case 4
primary_preferences = {};
secondary_preferences = {};
assert(greedy_algorithms::stable_matching::gale_shapley(
secondary_preferences, primary_preferences) ==
std::vector<std::uint32_t>({}));
}
/**
* @brief Main function
* @returns 0 on exit
*/
int main() {
tests(); // Run self-test implementations
return 0;
}