Essays about: "Swedish PhD Admissions Problem"

Found 1 essay containing the words Swedish PhD Admissions Problem.

  1. 1. The Compromise Algorithm in the Swedish PhD Admissions Problem

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Dingquan Miao; [2016]
    Keywords : Matching; Swedish PhD Admissions Problem; Stability; Compromise Algorithm; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : What mechanism should be designed to allocate PhD applicants to universities in Sweden? We introduce the Swedish PhD admissions problem, and it is influenced by the college admissions problem (Gale and Shapley 1962) and the student placement problem (Balinski and Sönmez 1999). In order to “solve” this problem, we design a novel mechanism, namely the compromise algorithm. READ MORE