# Matchings with Group Fairness Constraints: Online and Offline Algorithms

@article{Sankar2021MatchingsWG,
title={Matchings with Group Fairness Constraints: Online and Offline Algorithms},
author={Govind S. Sankar and Anand Louis and Meghana Nasre and Prajakta Nimbhorkar},
journal={ArXiv},
year={2021},
volume={abs/2105.09522}
}
• Published 20 May 2021
• Computer Science
• ArXiv
We consider the problem of assigning items to platforms in the presence of group fairness constraints. In the input, each item belongs to certain categories, called classes in this paper. Each platform specifies the group fairness constraints through an upper bound on the number of items it can serve from each class. Additionally, each platform also has an upper bound on the total number of items it can serve. The goal is to assign items to platforms so as to maximize the number of items…
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