# Record Linkage Functions for Linking and Deduplicating Data Sets

## Documentation for package ‘RecordLinkage’ version 0.4-12

- DESCRIPTION file.
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.
- Package NEWS.

## Help Pages

C D E F G I J L M O P R S T U W misc

## -- C --

classifySupv | Supervised Classification
classifySupv-method | Supervised Classification
classifySupv-methods | Supervised Classification
classifyUnsup | Unsupervised Classification
clone | Serialization of record linkage object.
clone-method | Serialization of record linkage object.
clone-methods | Serialization of record linkage object.
compare.dedup | Compare Records
compare.linkage | Compare Records

## -- D --

deleteNULLs | Remove NULL Values

## -- E --

editMatch | Edit Matching Status
editMatch-method | Edit Matching Status
editMatch-methods | Edit Matching Status
emClassify | Weight-based Classification of Data Pairs
emClassify-method | Weight-based Classification of Data Pairs
emWeights | Calculate weights
emWeights-method | Calculate weights
emWeights-methods | Calculate weights
epiClassify | Classify record pairs with EpiLink weights
epiClassify-method | Classify record pairs with EpiLink weights
epiClassify-methods | Classify record pairs with EpiLink weights
epiWeights | Calculate EpiLink weights
epiWeights-method | Calculate EpiLink weights
epiWeights-methods | Calculate EpiLink weights
errorMeasures | Calculate Error Measures

## -- F --

ffdf-class | Class '"ffdf"'
ff_vector-class | Class '"ff_vector"'
fsClassify | Stochastic record linkage.
fsClassify-method | Stochastic record linkage.
fsClassify-methods | Stochastic record linkage.
fsWeights | Stochastic record linkage.
fsWeights-method | Stochastic record linkage.
fsWeights-methods | Stochastic record linkage.

## -- G --

genSamples | Generate Training Set
getErrorMeasures | Calculate Error Measures
getErrorMeasures-method | Calculate Error Measures
getErrorMeasures-methods | Calculate Error Measures
getExpectedSize | Estimate number of record pairs.
getExpectedSize-method | Estimate number of record pairs.
getExpectedSize-methods | Estimate number of record pairs.
getFalse | Extract Record Pairs
getFalseNeg | Extract Record Pairs
getFalsePos | Extract Record Pairs
getFrequencies | Get attribute frequencies
getFrequencies-method | Get attribute frequencies
getFrequencies-methods | Get attribute frequencies
getMinimalTrain | Create a minimal training set
getMinimalTrain-method | Create a minimal training set
getMinimalTrain-methods | Create a minimal training set
getPairs | Extract Record Pairs
getPairs-method | Extract Record Pairs
getPairs-methods | Extract Record Pairs
getParetoThreshold | Estimate Threshold from Pareto Distribution
getParetoThreshold-method | Estimate Threshold from Pareto Distribution
getParetoThreshold-methods | Estimate Threshold from Pareto Distribution
getTable | Build contingency table
getTable-method | Build contingency table
getTable-methods | Build contingency table
gpdEst | Estimate Threshold from Pareto Distribution

## -- I --

identity.RLdata10000 | Test data for Record Linkage
identity.RLdata500 | Test data for Record Linkage
isFALSE | Check for FALSE

## -- J --

jaro | String Metrics
jarowinkler | String Metrics

## -- L --

levenshtein | String Metrics
levenshteinDist | String Metrics
levenshteinSim | String Metrics
loadRLObject | Serialization of record linkage object.

## -- M --

mygllm | Generalized Log-Linear Fitting

## -- O --

optimalThreshold | Optimal Threshold for Record Linkage
optimalThreshold-method | Optimal Threshold for Record Linkage
optimalThreshold-methods | Optimal Threshold for Record Linkage

## -- P --

phonetics | Phonetic Code
print.summaryRLBigDataDedup | summary methods for '"RLBigData"' objects.
print.summaryRLBigDataLinkage | summary methods for '"RLBigData"' objects.
print.summaryRLResult | Summary method for '"RLResult"' objects.

## -- R --

RecLinkClassif | Class "RecLinkClassif"
RecLinkClassif-class | Class "RecLinkClassif"
RecLinkData | Record Linkage Data Object
RecLinkData-class | Class "RecLinkData"
RecLinkData.object | Record Linkage Data Object
RecLinkResult | Record Linkage Result Object
RecLinkResult-class | Class "RecLinkResult"
resample | Safe Sampling
RLBigData-class | Class "RLBigData"
RLBigDataDedup | Constructors for big data objects.
RLBigDataDedup-class | Class "RLBigDataDedup"
RLBigDataLinkage | Constructors for big data objects.
RLBigDataLinkage-class | Class "RLBigDataLinkage"
RLdata10000 | Test data for Record Linkage
RLdata500 | Test data for Record Linkage
RLResult-class | Class "RLResult"

## -- S --

saveRLObject | Serialization of record linkage object.
saveRLObject-method | Serialization of record linkage object.
saveRLObject-methods | Serialization of record linkage object.
show | Show a RLBigData object
show-method | Show a RLBigData object
soundex | Phonetic Code
splitData | Split Data
strcmp | String Metrics
summary-method | Summary method for '"RLResult"' objects.
summary.RecLinkData | Print Summary of Record Linkage Data
summary.RecLinkResult | Print Summary of Record Linkage Data
summary.RLBigData | summary methods for '"RLBigData"' objects.
summary.RLBigDataDedup | summary methods for '"RLBigData"' objects.
summary.RLBigDataLinkage | summary methods for '"RLBigData"' objects.
summary.RLResult | Summary method for '"RLResult"' objects.

## -- T --

trainSupv | Train a Classifier

## -- U --

unorderedPairs | Create Unordered Pairs

## -- W --

winkler | String Metrics

## -- misc --

%append% | Concatenate comparison patterns or classification results
%append%-method | Concatenate comparison patterns or classification results
%append%-methods | Concatenate comparison patterns or classification results
[.RecLinkData | Subset operator for record linkage objects
[.RecLinkResult | Subset operator for record linkage objects
[.RLBigData | Subset operator for record linkage objects
[.RLResult | Subset operator for record linkage objects