Unguided curiosity in support of entity resolution techniques
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorJeffrey J. Jonas
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Abstract
Provided are techniques for receiving data comprising an entity having at least one feature; determining how the entity correlates with an existing entity, identifying an additional feature to increase confidence of the entity resolution, searching a data source for the additional feature to obtain an observation containing the additional feature, and performing the entity resolution using the at least one feature and the additional feature.
Claims24
A method, comprising:
- receiving, using a processor of a computer, data comprising an entity having a feature;
- determining how the entity correlates with an existing entity;
- generating an entity resolution assertion having a confidence score;
- determining that there is a consequence based on the confidence score and the entity resolution assertion being wrong;
- identifying an additional feature for the entity to increase the confidence score of the entity resolution assertion, wherein the additional feature is not received with the entity;
- searching an external data source for the additional feature to obtain an observation containing the additional feature;
- and
- performing entity resolution using the at least one feature and the additional feature.
A computer system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage device coupled to the processor, wherein the storage device stores a program, and wherein the processor is configured to execute the program to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving data comprising an entity having a feature;
- determining how the entity correlates with an existing entity;
- generating an entity resolution assertion having a confidence score;
- determining that there is a consequence based on the confidence score and the entity resolution assertion being wrong;
- and
- identifying an additional feature for the entity to increase the confidence score of the entity resolution assertion, wherein the additional feature is not received with the entity;
- searching an external data source for the additional feature to obtain an observation containing the additional feature;
- and
- performing entity resolution using the at least one feature and the additional feature.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed by a processor on a computer cause the computer to:
- receive data comprising an entity having a feature;
- determine how the entity correlates with an existing entity;
- generate an entity resolution assertion having a confidence score;
- determine that there is a consequence based on the confidence score and the entity resolution assertion being wrong;
- identify an additional feature for the entity to increase the confidence score of an entity resolution, wherein the additional feature is not received with the entity;
- search an external data source for the additional feature to obtain an observation containing the additional feature;
- and
- perform entity resolution using the at least one feature and the additional feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.