Data Matching Concepts and Techniques for Record Linkage, Entity Resolution, and Duplicate Detection /

• Main Author: Christen, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Data-Centric Systems and Applications
• Subjects: Computer science.; Database management.; Data mining.; Information storage and retrieval.; Artificial intelligence.; Pattern recognition.; Computer Science.; Database Management.; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Pattern Recognition.

Data matching (also known as record or data linkage, entity resolution, object identification, or field matching) is the task of identifying, matching and merging records that correspond to the same entities from several databases or even within one database. Based on research in various domains inc...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Overview
• Introduction
• The Data Matching Process
• Part II Steps of the Data Matching Process
• Data Pre-Processing
• Indexing
• Field and Record Comparison
• Classification
• Evaluation of Matching Quality and Complexity
• Part III Further Topics
• Privacy Aspects of Data Matching
• Further Topics and Research Directions
• Data Matching Systems.