gammaNUMCK2par: gammaNUMCK2par

In kosukeimai/fastLink: Fast Probabilistic Record Linkage with Missing Data

gammaNUMCK2par

Description

Field comparisons for numeric variables. Two possible agreement patterns are considered: 0 total disagreement, 2 agreement. The distance between numbers is calculated using their absolute distance.

Usage

gammaNUMCK2par(matAp, matBp, n.cores, cut.a)

Arguments

matAp	vector storing the comparison field in data set 1
matBp	vector storing the comparison field in data set 2
n.cores	Number of cores to parallelize over. Default is NULL.
cut.a	Lower bound for full match. Default is 1

Value

gammaNUMCK2par returns a list with the indices corresponding to each matching pattern, which can be fed directly into tableCounts and matchesLink.

Author(s)

Ted Enamorado <[e-mail]>, Ben Fifield <[e-mail]>, and Kosuke Imai

Examples

## Not run: 
g1 <- gammaNUMCK2par(dfA$birthyear, dfB$birthyear)

## End(Not run)

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