An evaluation is made of the success of equivalence algorithms to be used for surname matching in a South African Genealogical Database. Surnames in the database can be grouped in ideal equivalence classes. The algorithms, ...

The problem investigated in this study is, given a surname, determine similar surnames in a genealogical database. There exist a number of algorithms to determine the similarity between two strings based on their common ...

The evaluation of selection criteria for the admission of first year Computer Science students has been an ongoing project at the University of Port Elizabeth since 1984. Various selection criteria and methods, for example ...