BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Table 4 Transition probability matrix for simplified, illustrative model

From: Preparation of name and address data for record linkage using hidden Markov models

	To state
From state	Start	Wayfare Number	Wayfare Name	Wayfare Type	Locality Name	Territory	Postal Code	End
Start	0	0.9	0.08	0	0.02	0	0	0
Wayfare Number	0	0.05	0.95	0	0	0	0	0
Wayfare Name	0	0	0.03	0.95	0.02	0	0	0
Wayfare Type	0	0	0	0	0.95	0.03	0.02	0
Locality name	0	0	0	0	0.02	0.4	0.4	0.18
Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	0.2
Postal Code	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0.9
End	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Table cells contain probabilities of transition from the state listed at the left of each row to the state identified at the top of each column.

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