Any Fuzzy Software ( Other than SOUNDEX / NYSIIS )?

From: Evaluating Fuzzy SW <evalsofty_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 06:36:11 GMT
Message-ID: <v5qDd.74389$uM5.62362@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>

Hi All

We are using soundex (and later tried Nysiis) for fuzzy name search software. But we faced a lot of problems the search accuracy was not very good also we saw a lot of misses of relevant names.

There are many problems other than precision and accuracy, with soundex and NYSIIS. e.g.

Look for Smith and it will come-up with around 250 very popular last names. That dones not help much when a user is searching for "John Smith". Also, it does not return Creighton for Kryton as the search string.

I googled a little and saw soming called NamiX. Without contacting the company ( arizcon.com ) directly, I wanted to get feedback from newsgroups or people who are experts at this. Has anyone used this software? If so, Is it as good as they claim?

Thanks a million in advance.

Steve Creighton
(please remove .antispam from email address) or post back your answers to this group Received on Fri Jan 07 2005 - 00:36:11 CST