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A string distance calculator, particularly suited for name matching.
A detailed discussion of the topic of record linkage in general and name matching in particular can be found in this article:
Winkler, W. E. (2006). "Overview of Record Linkage and Current Research Directions". Research Report Series, RRS.
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Constructor for a matcher that only checks if one string is the exact prefix of the other
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Computes a string distance between two normalized strings passed as byte arrays.
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Constructor for a matcher that only checks if one string is the exact prefix of the other
Computes a string distance between two normalized strings passed as byte arrays.