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Different Fuzzy Matching Algorithms

There are several different algorithms that a deduplication or merge/purge program can employ in the fuzzy matching process. These algorithms perform more effective searches of full names in databases.

 -Phonetic Matching
 -N-gram or Q-gram-based Algorithms
 -Jaro-Winkler Algorithm
 -More Fuzzy Algorithms


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