match.groups: Create a group of names all similar to each other
In aggloeckner/GerNameR: Collection of German names and validated associations

Description Usage Arguments Details

Creates a group of names with n members from two groups, such that all names are as similar to each other as possible. Names are not only similar across groups but also to each other in the group.

1 2	match.groups(split, n, discard = 0, subset = filter.names(), ga.params = list(), ...)

`split`	The name of the rating on which the split should be performed
`n`	Number of names from each group to select
`discard`	The percentage of names too close to the median which should be discarded (default: 0, i.e. keep all names)
`subset`	An optional subset on which the split should be done. If this is left out, the split will be created on all names.
`ga.params`	Parameters to genetic algorithm penalty.factor How strongly to penalize candidate solution, which do not have the right number of names. Increase, if the wrong number of names is returned repeatedly init.factor How many more names to include initialy to increase the search space. maxiter Maximal number of iterations. See `ga` for details. run Number of consecutive generations without improvement. See `ga` for details. popSize Initial population size. See `ga` for details. pmutation Mutation probability. See `ga` for details. pcrossover Crossover probability. See `ga` for details. elitism Number of best candidates to keep each iteration. See `ga` for details. parallel Should the GA run in parallel? See `ga` for details. monitor Monitor function. See `ga` for details.
`...`	Arguments passed on to `names.dist` x The object containing the names

Uses a genetic algorithm to find the best names, so different results may be found each run.

To seed the genetic algorithm with well suited sets, first random sets of names are created. To increase the search space, more names are selected than will later be retrieved for each of the partitions. The number of additional names, which are included is controlled by a ga.param value.

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