- Give context on the use case / what you’re trying to achieve
Currently within Contour and Risk Factor Manager Foundry has an in built function to utilise Levenshtein distance.
Would like to have more in built algorithm functions similar to Levenshtein (e.g. Jaro-Winkler algorithm) to assist with fuzzy matching names.
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Why you can’t do it today / work-arounds
Current work arounds is various combinations of exact matching techniques which is not ideal. -
Why will this make a huge difference for you or your business?
Will make a huge difference for our business in terms of matching on client names for potential fraudsters and clients linked to criminal activity.