Service Group Definition and Customization Guide

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Step 2: Algorithm Definition

Algorithm Definition

An ’Algorithm’ contains customizable rules which control how the various SSA-NAME3 Services operate.

An Algorithm is customized for a given ’population’ of names. A population could be ’the customer file’, or ’the person names within a customer file’. It could be the ’address file’, ’company name file’ or ’product name’ file. It could also be the ’French’ person name file as opposed to the ’English’ person name file.

The objective of this step is to choose the Fast-start Algorithms you wish to work with and disable the ones that are not needed. The chosen Algorithms are then customized to suit your data and application needs.

For details on Algorithm Definition, see the

Algorithm Definition

section.

After an Algorithm has been customized, its Edit-list and Frequency table need to be customized and generated. This needs to occur for each Algorithm being used.

Frequency Report Generation

Frequency Report Generation uses frequency analysis to determine common names, common words and common word patterns in your Population. It is strongly recommended that this step is run to assist with maintenance of the Edit-List tables, Customset rules, and Account-Name rules.

For details on Frequency Report Generation, see the Utilities Chapter in the

GENERATION and TESTING GUIDE FOR SSA-NAME3 SERVICE GROUPS

Edit-list Definition

An Edit-list is a lookup table containing rules about the commonly occurring words and phrases in a population of data.

The objective of this step is to use the results from Frequency Report Generation, and user input, to customize the Fast-start Edit-lists.

For details on Edit-list Definition, see the

Edit-list Definition

section.

Edit-list Generation

When you have finished customizing the Edit-list, it must be Generated before the next step can be run.

For details on Edit-list Generation, see the Generation chapter in the

GENERATION and TESTING GUIDE FOR SSA-NAME3 SERVICE GROUPS

Frequency Table Generation

The Frequency Table is generated from your own data. The generated Frequency Table consists of the common major and minor words in the data and is used to control the key building and the search logic for a specific Algorithm.

For details on Frequency Table Generation, see the Generation chapter in the

GENERATION and TESTING GUIDE FOR SSA-NAME3 SERVICE GROUPS

Algorithm Authorization

Before an Algorithm can be used in must be Authorized.

For details on Authorization, see the Generation chapter in the

GENERATION and TESTING GUIDE FOR SSA-NAME3 SERVICE GROUPS

Scaler Frequency Table Generation

The Scaler Frequency Table can optionally be generated from your own data or from a file of SSANAME3 Keys. The generated Scaler Frequency Table consists of the common SSA-NAME3 Keys based on the data and is used to enhance the Scale value returned in the NAMESET search ranges.

For details on Scaler Frequency Table Generation, see the Generation chapter in the

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Service Group Definition and Customization Guide

Service Group Definition and Customization Guide

Step 2: Algorithm Definition

Step 2: Algorithm Definition