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Table 6 Linkage quality (max F-measure) – EM vs. calculated

From: Estimating parameters for probabilistic linkage of privacy-preserved datasets

Dataset

Probabilities

Sample 1

Sample 2

Sample 3

Sample 4

Sample 5

RMSE

NSW

Calculated

0.9941

0.9943

0.9942

0.9941

0.9940

 
 

EM

0.9961

0.9965

0.9963

0.9963

0.9961

0.0021

SA

Calculated

0.9532

0.9521

0.9529

0.9553

0.9532

 
 

EM

0.9590

0.9567

0.9563

0.9582

0.9589

0.0046

WA

Calculated

0.9907

0.9904

0.9910

0.9905

0.9906

 
 

EM

0.9920

0.9916

0.9921

0.9917

0.9918

0.0012

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