Title
ANSWER: Approximate name search with errors in large databases by a novel approach based on prefix-dictionary
Abbreviated Journal Title
Int. J. Artif. Intell. Tools
Keywords
alias finding; data mining; data querying; data sharing; dirty data; duplicate elimination; edit distance; ftizzy name matching; record; matching; soundex; Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science, ; Interdisciplinary Applications
Abstract
The obvious need for using modem computer networking capabilities to enable the effective sharing of information has resulted in data-sharing systems, which store, and manage large amounts of data. These data need to be effectively searched and analyzed. More specifically, in the presence of dirty data, a search for specific information by a standard query (e.g., search for a name that is misspelled or mistyped) does not return all needed information, as required in homeland security, criminology, and medical applications, amongst others. Different techniques, such as soundex, phonix, n-grams, edit-distance, have been used to improve the matching rate in these name-matching applications. These techniques have demonstrated varying levels of success, but there is a pressing need for name matching approaches that provide high levels of accuracy in matching names, while at the same time maintaining low computational complexity. In this paper, such a technique, called ANSWER, is proposed and its characteristics are discussed. Our results demonstrate that ANSWER possesses high accuracy, as well as high speed and is superior to other techniques of retrieving fuzzy name matches in large databases.
Journal Title
International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools
Volume
15
Issue/Number
5
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
839
Last Page
848
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0218-2130
Recommended Citation
"ANSWER: Approximate name search with errors in large databases by a novel approach based on prefix-dictionary" (2006). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 6323.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/6323
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