Singapore has introduced a government-backed matchmaking service for public-sector workers as the city-state grapples with a record-low fertility rate and an ageing population.
As reported by the BBC on Wednesday, known as FirstDate, the initiative was launched this week for government workers aged between 21 and 35. It uses the Nobel Prize-winning Gale-Shapley algorithm to match participants with one potential partner at a time.
FirstDate describes itself as offering “a different approach to dating,” with its website promising an end to “swipe fatigue.”
Participants sign in using Singapore’s national digital identity system and complete a questionnaire covering their interests, habits and values before being matched.
The Gale-Shapley Stable Marriage algorithm, which forms the basis of the service, was developed to create stable matches between two groups of people according to their preferences.
The late mathematician Lloyd Shapley was awarded the 2012 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work
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