/*This is a Java Program to Implement Gale Shapley Algorithm. Gale Shapley Algorithm is used to solve the stable marriage problem (SMP). SMP is the problem of finding a stable matching between two sets of elements given a set of preferences for each element. Algorithm is as follows : function stableMatching { Initialize all m ∈ M and w ∈ W to free while ∃ free man m who still has a woman w to propose to { w = m's highest ranked such woman to whom he has not yet proposed if w is free (m, w) become engaged else some pair (m', w) already exists if w prefers m to m' (m, w) become engaged m' becomes free else (m', w) remain engaged } }*/ /** * Java Program to Implement Gale Shapley Algorithm **/ /** Class GaleShapley **/ public class GaleShapley { private int N, engagedCount; private String[][] menPref; private String[][] womenPref; private String[] men; private String[] women; private String[] womenPartner; private boolean[] menEngaged; /** Constructor **/ public GaleShapley(String[] m, String[] w, String[][] mp, String[][] wp) { N = mp.length; engagedCount = 0; men = m; women = w; menPref = mp; womenPref = wp; menEngaged = new boolean[N]; womenPartner = new String[N]; calcMatches(); } /** function to calculate all matches **/ private void calcMatches() { while (engagedCount < N) { int free; for (free = 0; free < N; free++) if (!menEngaged[free]) break; for (int i = 0; i < N && !menEngaged[free]; i++) { int index = womenIndexOf(menPref[free][i]); if (womenPartner[index] == null) { womenPartner[index] = men[free]; menEngaged[free] = true; engagedCount++; } else { String currentPartner = womenPartner[index]; if (morePreference(currentPartner, men[free], index)) { womenPartner[index] = men[free]; menEngaged[free] = true; menEngaged[menIndexOf(currentPartner)] = false; } } } } printCouples(); } /** function to check if women prefers new partner over old assigned partner **/ private boolean morePreference(String curPartner, String newPartner, int index) { for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) { if (womenPref[index][i].equals(newPartner)) return true; if (womenPref[index][i].equals(curPartner)) return false; } return false; } /** get men index **/ private int menIndexOf(String str) { for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) if (men[i].equals(str)) return i; return -1; } /** get women index **/ private int womenIndexOf(String str) { for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) if (women[i].equals(str)) return i; return -1; } /** print couples **/ public void printCouples() { System.out.println("Couples are : "); for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) { System.out.println(womenPartner[i] +" "+ women[i]); } } /** main function **/ public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Gale Shapley Marriage Algorithm\n"); /** list of men **/ String[] m = {"M1", "M2", "M3", "M4", "M5"}; /** list of women **/ String[] w = {"W1", "W2", "W3", "W4", "W5"}; /** men preference **/ String[][] mp = {{"W5", "W2", "W3", "W4", "W1"}, {"W2", "W5", "W1", "W3", "W4"}, {"W4", "W3", "W2", "W1", "W5"}, {"W1", "W2", "W3", "W4", "W5"}, {"W5", "W2", "W3", "W4", "W1"} }; /** women preference **/ String[][] wp = {{"M5", "M3", "M4", "M1", "M2"}, {"M1", "M2", "M3", "M5", "M4"}, {"M4", "M5", "M3", "M2", "M1"}, {"M5", "M2", "M1", "M4", "M3"}, {"M2", "M1", "M4", "M3", "M5"} }; GaleShapley gs = new GaleShapley(m, w, mp, wp); } } /* Couples are : M4 W1 M2 W2 M5 W3 M3 W4 M1 W5