Two-Sided Matching: A Study in Game-Theoretic Modeling and Analysis (Econometric Society Monographs, Series Number 18)

The book is just brand new, awesome!

This is a tightly focused book for academics interested in game-theoretic models of systems in which people are matched to either a) other people (as in the famous "Marriage Problem" elucidated by Gale and Shapley in their celebrated 1962 paper) or b) organizations (as in many school districts, college room draws and, most famously, several medical residency systems since the 1940s).The lead author, Al Roth, has impeccable credentials: A Harvard economist, he's prolifically published in this field for more than two decades. In addition to his theoretical work, he's helped the Boston school system to redesign their matching algorithms, and, perhaps most impressively, engineered the New England Program for Kidney Exchange (NEPKE), which allows people to trade kidneys in a way that's both humane and efficient. In just a few years, the small program has saved dozens of lives, and is on track to expand elsewhere. (I had the pleasure of seeing Al Roth speak about this accomplishment.) Although Roth's work is technical in nature, he has never been excessive in his use of mathematical formalism, and that shows in this clear and concise graduate-level book.NEPKE proves that there are still novel ways in which matching mechanisms can be applied to improve peoples' quality of life. This book offers an accessible entry point for this critical area of study.

Good book. Well written.

Nice book