Adaptive Name Matching

approximately duplicate database records that refer to the same entity is essential for information integration. The authors compare and describe methods for combining and learning textual similarity measures for name matching. Copyright © 2003 IEEE. Reprinted from IEEE Intelligent Systems,vol. 18. no. 5. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any mentioned products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by sending a blank email message to pubs-permissions@ieee.org