From: Medical record linkage in health information systems by approximate string matching and clustering
Weights | BN | MN | MN/BN | BN/MN | FN | DB |
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Case 1 | ||||||
A(MN) = {0} and B(MN) = {0} then | ||||||
If aS (BN) <T or aS (FN) <T then | 2/4 | - | - | - | 1/4 | 1/4 |
Else | 2/6 | - | - | - | 1/6 | 3/6 |
Case 2 | ||||||
A(MN)! = {0} and B(MN) = {0} | ||||||
(1) If aS (MN/BN) <aS (BN) then | ||||||
If aS (BN) <T or aS (FN) <T then | 2/4 | - | - | - | 1/4 | 1/4 |
Else | 2/6 | - | - | - | 1/6 | 3/6 |
(*) Else | 1/6 | - | 1/6 | - | 1/6 | 3/6 |
Case 3 | ||||||
B(MN)! = {0} and A(MN) = {0}, switch A and B and go to (1) | ||||||
Case 4 | ||||||
A(MN)! = {0} and B(MN)! = {0} | ||||||
If aS (BN/MN) <aS (BN) and aS (MN/BN) <aS (MN) then | 2/7 | 1/7 | - | - | 1/7 | 3/7 |
If aS (BN/MN) >aS (BN) and aS (MN/BN) <aS (MN) then | 1/7 | 1/7 | - | 1/7 | 1/7 | 3/7 |
If aS (BN/MN) < aS(BN) and aS (MN/BN) >aS (MN) then | 1/7 | 1/7 | 1/7 | - | 1/7 | 3/7 |
If aS (BN/MN) >aS (BN) and aS (MN/BN) >aS (MN) then | 1/8 | 1/8 | 1/8 | 1/8 | 1/8 | 3/8 |