This paper analyzes the Taiwan mechanism used nationwide for high school assignment starting in 2014. In mechanism, points are deducted from an applicant’s score, with larger penalties lower-ranked choices. Deduction makes a hybrid of Boston and deferred acceptance mechanisms. Our analysis sheds light on why Taiwan’s new has led to massive demonstrations it nonetheless remains use. (JEL D47, I2...

A perception-based logical deduction is formulated in the frame of fuzzy intensional logic. We will show that under certain conditions, this kind of deduction is also a universal approximator.