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N3SCM – Name Matching

The Name Matching Method is used to compare two names, either person names, company names, account names, product names or any other name. It is also used to compare addresses.

Name matching differs from string matching in a number of ways. The more significant differences are that Name matching,

uses an Edit-list

may use a Word Stabilization routine

will try out of order word matches, initial to word matches, concatenated word matches and other variations, including String comparison, to achieve the best Score.

The Local Options which control this Method’s behavior can be divided into the following categories, by how they address:

Truncation & Initials (see the

Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials

section)

Concatenation (see the

Local Options Addressing Concatenation

section)

Word Order (see the

Local Options Addressing Word Order

section)

Word Type (see the

Local Options Addressing Word Type