%0 Journal Article %@ 0378-4371 %A Caldarelli, Guido %A Capocci, Andrea %A Laureti, Paolo %D 2001 %F eprints:1153 %I Elsevier %J Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications %K PACS: 05.20.−y; 01.75.+m; 02.50.Le %N 1-2 %P 268-272 %T Sex-oriented stable matchings of the marriage problem with correlated and incomplete information %U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1153/ %V 299 %X In the stable marriage problem two sets of agents must be paired according to mutual preferences, which may happen to conflict. We present two generalizations of its sex-oriented version, aiming to take into account correlations between the preferences of agents and costly information. Their effects are investigated both numerically and analytically.