Jaro–Winkler distance

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Jaro–Winkler distance

Summary

Jaro–Winkler distance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (199 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • William E. Winkler is named after Jaro–Winkler distance[2].
  • Matthew Jaro is named after Jaro–Winkler distance[3].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's subclass of is recorded as distance[4].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's subclass of is recorded as norm[5].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gnnzq[6].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's different from is recorded as Jaro–Winkler similarity[7].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's different from is recorded as Jaro similarity[8].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's defining formula is recorded as dist_w(s_1,s_2) = 1 - sim_w(s_1,s_2)[9].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's studied by is recorded as category theory[10].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03531873n[11].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's calculated from is recorded as Jaro–Winkler similarity[12].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[13].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 191787049[14].
  • Jaro–Winkler distance's in defining formula is recorded as dist_w[15].

Why It Matters

Jaro–Winkler distance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (199 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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