An evaluation of substring algorithms that determine similarity between surnames

dc.contributor.author	De Kock, G de V
dc.contributor.author	Du Plessis, C
dc.date.accessioned	2018-05-29T08:01:52Z
dc.date.available	2018-05-29T08:01:52Z
dc.date.issued	1994
dc.identifier.citation	De Kock G de V & Du Plessis C (1994) An evaluation of substring algorithms that determine similarity between surnames. South African Computer Journal, Number 11, 1994	en
dc.identifier.issn	2313-7835
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24139
dc.description.abstract	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 substrings. The surnames in an existing genealogical database were used in an evaluation process to determine the relative success of these algorithms. The methods used to evaluate the performance of the algorithms and the algorithms are discussed briefly.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	South African Computer Society (SAICSIT)	en
dc.subject	Genealogical database	en
dc.subject	Word, string and surname matching	en
dc.title	An evaluation of substring algorithms that determine similarity between surnames	en
dc.type	Article	en