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Entity Resolution Bridge Records: A Cluster Acceptance Test
A 2026 practitioner test for entity resolution bridge records: four acceptance questions, a bridge-removal perturbation test, a sign-off worksheet, and false-merge sampling with Wilson intervals.
October 19, 2026• 30 min read
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Merge or Relate? A Framework for Organization Records
A 2026 evidence framework for deciding when organization records share one identity or require a typed link, with a decision tree, five synthetic cases, invariants, and error-cost analysis.
September 22, 2026• 23 min read
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Entity Resolution Evaluation Beyond Pairwise F1
A 2026 decision framework for entity resolution evaluation, with pairwise and cluster metrics, an eight-record example, sampling design, uncertainty, and acceptance evidence.
September 22, 2026• 23 min read
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