Master Thesis Defense - August 19, 2019: A Two-Sided Matching System Design for Dynamic Labor Markets

Shixuan Hou

Monday, August 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
Room EV003.309

You are invited to attend the following M.A.Sc. (Quality Systems Engineering) thesis examination.

Examining Committee

Dr. F. Naderkhani, Chair
Dr. C. Wang, Supervisor
Dr. Y. Zeng, Supervisor
Dr. J. Yan, CIISE Examiner
Dr. A. Akgunduz, External Examiner (MIAE)

Abstract

This thesis designs an automatic two-sided matching system for dynamic labor markets with large scale of data. Such markets consist of a group of vacancies and applicants, a matching function, a set of events causing transitions of the state of the market. Due to the dynamic nature of the labor markets, matching systems based on the classical deferred acceptance algorithm are not sufficient for producing stable matching solutions. Therefore, the central theme of this thesis is to address the effectiveness and efficiency of generating matching results in dynamic large labor markets.

The main contribution of this thesis consists of three dynamic matching algorithms and an agent-based matching system design. The dynamic matching algorithms are extensions of the classical deferred acceptance algorithm. The first algorithm generates a vacancy- optimal stable matching result without considering locking or break-up constrains. The second algorithm considers locking period constraints in the matching process and the third algorithm computes applicant-optimal stable matchings with the consideration of break-up penalties in dynamic environments. To verify the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed matching algorithms, theoretical proofs and experimental results are presented as well. The results indicate that the designed system can be used as an efficient and effective tool for recruitment management in today’s dynamic and internet- based labor markets to reduce administrative work load of human resource departments and produce stable job allocations.