Re: [Febrl-list] what string similarity measure?

[Robin G. <ro...@in...>]

Hi Albert-Jan,

I would imagine "String Truncate" might be the most appropriate similarity
measure for abbreviations.

Robin

On 24 March 2011 09:05, Albert-Jan Roskam <fo...@ya...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm using Febrl 0.3 to match two datasets, using school names (among
> others) as linkage variables. Dataset A has long versions of school names,
> and dataset B has short(er) versions (e.g., partially abbreviated) of the
> school names. What is the best string similarity measure to use in such
> a case? Many similarity measures seem to be designed for typos,
> not for cases such as this.
>
> Cheers!!
> Albert-Jan
>
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