Endowing Reasoning Capabilities to a Matching/Scrubbing Algorithm
Jean Patrick Tsang, Igor Rudychev · 2002
Data matching/scrubbing tools are amazing in that they can perform an astronomical number of matches in a very short period of time. If we forget about sheer volume, however, man beats computer hands down when it comes to subtle situations. The human mind is immensely creative and resourceful and will nail down situations the computer program misses unwittingly. This should be a big surprise! Not that we are smart, of course, but that the computer program is not up to snuff, especially in an era where the most powerful chess player is a computer program. In this article, we offer practical howto tips on how to beef up the quality of your data matching/scrubbing.