METHOD, APPARATUS AND ARTICLE FOR ASSIGNING A SIMILARITY MEASURE TO NAMES

METHOD, APPARATUS AND ARTICLE FOR ASSIGNING A SIMILARITY MEASURE TO NAMES

A method, article and apparatus for calculating a measure of similarity between names is disclosed. Generally, name elements from an inbound name may be matched to name elements in a candidate matching name. A measure of similarity for the inbound name and candidate matching name may be calculated b...

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Hauptverfasser: ALLEN THOMAS BRADLEY, MACY BRIAN EUGENE, EVANS DOMINIQUE JEREMY, HUNT BRAND LEE, D'AMICO MICHAEL HENRY
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:A method, article and apparatus for calculating a measure of similarity between names is disclosed. Generally, name elements from an inbound name may be matched to name elements in a candidate matching name. A measure of similarity for the inbound name and candidate matching name may be calculated based on the number of matching name elements, an inbound name word count, a candidate name word count, and the number of transpositions that occur in matching name elements with one another.