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BigMatch: A Program for Extracting Probable Matches from a Large File

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BigMatch: A Program for Extracting Probable Matches from a Large File

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BigMatch: A Program for Extracting Probable Matches from a Large File
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We present documentation for running the BigMatch program, a new record linkage tool for use in matching a very large file against a moderate size file. For each of several blocking criteria, the program can extract likely matching record candidates from the large file without requiring sorting of either file.

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