Validating distance-based record linkage with probabilistic record linkage

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2504, Issue , 2002, Pages 207-215

  Domingo Ferrer, Josep ^a   Torra, Vicenç ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IIIA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

CATEGORICAL DATA; DISTANCE-BASED; NOMINAL SCALE; RECORD LINKAGE;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 84937428757     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-36079-4_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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