IM IBM InfoSphere Global Name Management, Version 5.0

NameHunter comparison parameters (C-G)

The following table provides the default comparison parameters for the given name (GN) and surname (SN) fields for the Chinese, Farsi, French, and German culture codes.

  Chinese - 3 Farsi - 12 French - 7 German - 8
  GN SN GN SN GN SN GN SN
Name threshold 0.70 0.70 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65
Field threshold 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49
Field weight 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.80 1.00 0.80 1.00
Missing stem 0.70 0.70 0.99 0.98 0.99 0.98 0.99 0.98
Match variants TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE
Match initials TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE
Initial on initial 0.85 0.00 0.85 0.00 0.85 0.00 0.85 0.00
Initial on token 0.85 0.00 0.75 0.00 0.75 0.00 0.75 0.00
Name unknown 0.65 0.65 0.60 0.75 0.65 0.65 0.60 0.60
No name 0.65 0.65 0.60 0.75 0.65 0.65 0.60 0.60
Score mode LOW AVG AVG AVG AVG AVG AVG AVG
Anchor type NONE NONE FIRST NONE NONE LAST NONE LAST
Anchor factor 1.00 1.00 0.90 1.00 1.00 0.85 1.00 0.85
Oops factor 0.85 0.75 0.85 0.90 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97
Compressed name TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE
Compressed max 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95
Compressed score factor 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Left bias FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
Regularized Max 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98


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