Dating as a priority queue

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Originally posted by ellenaua at Dating as a priority queue

"Many naturally occurring processes are accurately modeled by priority queues.

Single people maintain a priority queue of potential dating candidates—mentally

if not explicitly. One’s impression on meeting a new person maps directly to an

attractiveness or desirability score. Desirability serves as the key field for inserting

this new entry into the “little black book” priority queue data structure. Dating is

the process of extracting the most desirable person from the data structure (Find-

Maximum), spending an evening to evaluate them better, and then reinserting

them into the priority queue with a possibly revised score." (c)