New Algorithms for Japanese Residency Matching

Zhaohong Sun, Taiki Todo, Makoto Yokoo

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Abstract

We study the Japanese Residency Matching Program (JRMP) in which hospitals are partitioned into disjoint regions and both hospitals and regions are subject to quotas. To achieve a balanced distribution of doctors across regions, hard bounds are imposed by the government to limit the number of doctors who can be placed in each region. However, such hard bounds lead to inefficiency in terms of wasted vacant positions. In this paper, we propose two suitable algorithms to reduce waste with minimal modification to the current system and show that they are superior to the algorithm currently deployed in JRMP by comparing them theoretically and empirically.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2021
EditorsZhi-Hua Zhou
PublisherInternational Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence
Pages412-418
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9780999241196
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2021 - Virtual, Online, Canada
Duration: Aug 19 2021Aug 27 2021

Publication series

NameIJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
ISSN (Print)1045-0823

Conference

Conference30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2021
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVirtual, Online
Period8/19/218/27/21

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Artificial Intelligence

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