STATISTICAL RECORD LINKAGE CALIBRATION FOR REFLEXIVE, SYMMETRIC AND TRANSITIVE DISTANCE MEASURES AT THE FIELD AND FIELD VALUE LEVELS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR HUMAN INTERACTION

摘要

Disclosed is a system for, and method of, calculating parameters used to determine whether records and entity representations should be linked. The system and method use a symmetric, transitive and reflexive function to allow for linking records and entity representations whose field values differ. The system and method apply iterative techniques such that parameters from each linking iteration are used in the next linking iteration. The system and method need no human interaction in order to calibrate and utilize record matching formulas used for the linking decisions.