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Approximate string matching

In computer science, approximate string matching (often colloquially referred to as fuzzy string searching) is the technique of finding strings that match a pattern approximately (rather than exactly). The problem of approximate string matching is typically divided into two sub-problems: finding approximate substring matches inside a given string and…

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Problem formulation and algorithms

Online versus offline

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Approximate string matching

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples22
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
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Approximate string matching

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related to Online versus offline · 14
Approximate string matching → Both, Early, Fischer, In, Levenshtein, Navarro, Online, Perhaps, Sellers, The, Traditionally, Unix, Wagner, With
related to External links · 5
Approximate string matching → Flamingo ProjectEfficient Similarity Query, JavaScript, Processing Project, Scala, StringMetric
related to Problem formulation and algorithms · 3
Approximate string matching → Given, However, One

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Approximate string matchingrelated to External linksFlamingo ProjectEfficient Similarity Query0.60section
Approximate string matchingrelated to External linksProcessing Project0.60section
Approximate string matchingrelated to External linksStringMetric0.60section
Approximate string matchingrelated to External linksScala0.60section
Approximate string matchingrelated to External linksJavaScript0.60section
Approximate string matchingrelated to Online versus offlineTraditionally0.60section
Approximate string matchingrelated to Online versus offlineWith0.60section
Approximate string matchingrelated to Online versus offlineIn0.60section
Approximate string matchingrelated to Online versus offlineEarly0.60section
Approximate string matchingrelated to Online versus offlineWagner0.60section
Approximate string matchingrelated to Online versus offlineFischer0.60section
Approximate string matchingrelated to Online versus offlineSellers0.60section

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