1. Game, set and match.
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NOBEL Prize in Economics , *MATCHING theory , *ECONOMISTS , *ALGORITHMS , *GAME theory , *AWARDS ,SOCIAL aspects - Abstract
The article discusses the research of economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley, the winners of the 2012 Nobel prize for economics. Topics include a 1962 paper by Shapley and the economist David Gale titled "College Admissions and the Stability of Marriage," on co-operative game theory and matching theory; the development of algorithms the practical applications in the area of matching doctors to hospitals and students to schools for maximum satisfaction; and matching systems for organ donations.
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- 2012