Jaro-Winkler distance¤
The Jaro-Winkler distance measure is a variation of the Jaro distance metric. It takes into account the prefixes of the strings being compared and assigns higher weights to matching prefixes.
For more information, please refer to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaro–Winkler_distance.
Characteristics¤
This distance measure is normalized, i.e., all distances are between 0 (exact match) and 1 (no similarity).
Compares single values (as opposed to sequences of values). If multiple values are provided, all values are compared and the lowest distance is returned.
Parameter¤
None
Advanced Parameter¤
None
Related Plugins¤
- jaro — The Jaro distance metric plugin provides the baseline Jaro similarity without emphasizing beginnings. The Jaro–Winkler distance plugin shifts the score toward shared prefixes, which can change rankings when many candidates start the same way.