Inferred Knowledge and Customer Intelligence through Matching and Linkage

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By David Loshin

What I have found to be the most interesting byproduct of record linkage is the ability to infer explicit facts about individuals that are obfuscated as a result of distribution of data. As an example, consider these records, taken from different data sets:

A:

David
Loshin
301-754-6350
1163 Kersey Rd
Silver Spring
MD
20902

B:
Knowledge Integrity, Inc
1163 Kersey Rd
Silver Spring
MD
20902

C:
H David
Lotion
1163 Kersey Rd
Silver Spring
MD
20902

D:
Knowledge Integrity, Inc.

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