MatchXplain: Analyzing Preferences, Explaining Outcomes, and Simplifying Decisions

MatchXplain: Analyzing Preferences, Explaining Outcomes, and Simplifying Decisions

Hadi Hosseini, Yubo Jing, Ronak Singh

Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Demo Track. Pages 11053-11057. https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2025/1261

Matching markets, where agents are assigned to one another based on preferences and constraints, are fundamental in various AI-driven applications such as school choice, content matching, and recommender systems. A key challenge in these markets is understanding preference data, as the interpretability of algorithmic solutions hinges on accurately capturing and explaining preferences. We introduce MatchXplain, a platform that integrates preference explanation with a robust matching engine. MatchXplain offers a layered approach for explaining preferences, computing diverse matching solutions, and providing interactive visualizations to enhance user understanding. By bridging algorithmic decision-making with explainability, MatchXplain improves transparency and trust in algorithmic matching markets.
Keywords:
Game Theory and Economic Paradigms: GTEP: Computational social choice
Humans and AI: HAI: Human-AI collaboration
Agent-based and Multi-agent Systems: MAS: Engineering methods, platforms, languages and tools
Game Theory and Economic Paradigms: GTEP: Auctions and market-based systems