# Approximating Multistage Matching Problems

@inproceedings{Chimani2021ApproximatingMM,
title={Approximating Multistage Matching Problems},
author={Markus Chimani and Niklas Troost and Tilo Wiedera},
booktitle={IWOCA},
year={2021}
}
• Published in IWOCA 2021
• Computer Science
In multistage perfect matching problems we are given a sequence of graphs on the same vertex set and asked to find a sequence of perfect matchings, corresponding to the sequence of graphs, such that consecutive matchings are as similar as possible. More precisely, we aim to maximize the intersections, or minimize the unions between consecutive matchings. We show that these problems are NP-hard even in very restricted scenarios. We propose new approximation algorithms and present methods to… Expand
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