After sanitization, the name or address is given to the word pattern
recognition routine. Each element is examined by the expert system.
The expert system determines how an element should be manipulated.
There are two sub functions used by word pattern recognition routine.
The first is phrase recognition. Here multiple word phrases are recognized
and replaced with one common phrase. For example, I.B.M will be converted
to International Business Machines. Following phrase replacement the
name is passed to the rulebase expert system.
The rulebase expert system
is used to identify nicknames. Entities such as Bill, William, Bob
and Robert are used interchangeably to identify
individuals. The rulebase is also used to identify noise words. Noise
words are elements in a name that do not help in the identification
of a candidate. Examples of noise words are: Incorporated, Corporation,
Limited, Junior, Senior, Avenue and Street. Often there are times where
elements in a name contribute to the identity but should be treated
as less important. In these cases, the rulebase does not treat them
as noise words but recognizes that they are less significant. Some
examples are: associate, board, international and services. Other variations
are caused by the use of common prefixes. Names like McDonnell, are
confused with MacDonnell. Prefix recognition provides the facility
for handling these classes of problems. The rulebase can also recognize
diminutives. Frequently there are names which end in a diminutive such
as "ie" or "y". In these cases, it is useful to
identify the root and apply the rule. For example, you would want Bill,
Billie and Billy to find William or Willie.
NameSearch® comes with
an extensive predefined set of rules. These rules can be used right
out of the box or modified to meet your specific
needs. Rulebase modifications are done through the Generation Shell.
Examples of pattern recognition:
| Before
word pattern recognition |
After
word pattern recognition |
| BILL
YARA |
WILLIAM
YARA |
| BOBBY
KENNEDY |
ROBERT KENNEDY |
| JIM P PHILLIPS SR |
JAMES P PHILLIPS |
| SMITH AND ASSOCIATES |
MCDONELL |
| MCDONELL CORPORATION |
MATTHEW J THOMAS |
| MR MATT J THOMAS |
JAMES OWEN TOOL |
| MARINA DELSOLE |
MARINA DEL SOLE |
| DR LEONARD MACCOY
MD |
LEONARD MCCOY |
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