A generalized fellegi-sunter framework for multiple record linkage with application to homicide record systems

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 502, 2013, Pages 385-397

  Sadinle, Mauricio ^a   Fienberg, Stephen E ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell number; Census undercount; Data linkage; Data matching; EM algorithm; Mixture model; Multiple systems estimation; Partially ordered set

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890032644     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2012.757231     Document Type: Article

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