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In this article, we study a one-to-many two-sides matching problem. This one-to-many two-sides matching problem can be converted into one-to-one two-sides matching problem, and the equivalence between them is proved.
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This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Item Numbers: 71371120, 71520107003) as well as the Shanghai Science Committee of China (Item Number: 17495810500). We would like to express our heartfelt thanks.
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Zhong, L., Bai, Y. Equivalence of two-sided stable matching. J Comb Optim 36, 1380–1387 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-018-0308-4
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