[DeltaBetaBaby]

Okay, I'm bumping an old thread with another math question. My understanding is that, at a large recruitment using RFM, bid matching is run several times with different quotas, and the one that results in the highest number of women placed is used. That, is, they put 85 into the computer, see what happens, put 86 into the computer, see what happens, etc.

The question is, when there are QA's, what difference does it make? Do the ultimate Deciders of Quota look at how many women match to their first choice under each scenario, or just how many match at all? Do they consider how many chapters make quota under each scenario, too?

I was thinking about this as a multi-objective optimization problem. One objective is to maximize parity, and the other is to maximize PNM happiness. Trying to place the maximum number of women prior to QA's doesn't seem to accomplish either one.