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BlackSourceLabs / BlackNectar-Service

REST API for BlackNectar
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Add Fuzzy Matching Algorithms #41

Open SirWellington opened 7 years ago

SirWellington commented 7 years ago

Use fuzzy string matching algorithms like Jaro-Winkler and levenhstein distances to match EBT stores with Google Places and EBT stores.

SirWellington commented 7 years ago

Been a while since I've had to write these algorithms. Gonna start off with the Jaro Winkler first.

SirWellington commented 7 years ago

Here's the Jaro-Winkler Algorithm explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaro%E2%80%93Winkler_distance