Initials Score
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The score that is assigned to an initial matching a token.
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Increasing leads to higher final score when there is a match between an initial and a token.
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initialsScore
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Token Deletion Score
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The score applied to an unmatched token when surrounding tokens are matched.
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Increasing leads to higher final score when there is an unmatched token.
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deletionScore
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Token Reorder Penalty
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A penalty applied when two tokens match, but are in different positions in each name.
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Increasing leads to lower final score when the tokens aren't in the same position.
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reorderPenalty
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Token Conflict Score
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The score that is assigned to unmatched conflict tokens.
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Increasing leads to higher final score.
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conflictScore
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Right End Boost
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A boost applied to the final score applied to the weights of tokens at the right end of the name.
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Increasing leads to a higher score for matches between the surnames in English and other languages where the end of the name is more meaningful. It makes the last token more important.
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boostWeightAtRightEnd
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Initials Conflict Score
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The score that overrides the usual conflict score when initials conflict.
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Increasing leads to higher final score when initials conflict.
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initialsConflictScore
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Initialism Score
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The score that gets assigned to an initialism matching a name.
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Increasing leads to a higher score for matches between initialisms and names.
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initialismScore
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Stuck Initial Score
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The score that gets applied when an initial is "stuck" to the preceding token.
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Increasing leads to a higher score when there is a stuck initial.
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stuckInitialScore
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Out of Order Token Deletion Score
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The score that gets assigned to an unmatched token which, when removed, leaves the remaining tokens out of order.
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Increasing leads to a higher score when there is an out of order deletion.
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outOfOrderDeletionScore
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Initials Deletion Penalty
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Adjusts the usual deletion score when initials are deleted by multiplying by this amount.
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Increasing leads to a higher score when initials are deleted.
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initialsDeletionPenalty
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Gender Conflict Penalty
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A penalty applied when the gender of the names doesn't match.
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Increasing leads to a lower score when the genders of the names do not match.
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genderConflictPenalty
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Cross-Language Gender Conflict Penalty
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A penalty applied for cross language name matching. This should usually be lower than the Gender Conflict Penalty because some first names appear as different genders in different languages.
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Increasing leads to a lower score when the genders of the names do not match across languages.
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crossLanguageGenderConflictPenalty
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Both Ends Boost
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A boost applied when the tokens at the beginning and end match. If set too high, middle names may not be matched correctly or may be ignored.
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Increasing leads to a higher score when tokens at the beginning and end match.
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boostWeightAtBothEnds
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Missing Tokens Sensitivity
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Multiplies token scores of deleted tokens by this amount if they only occur in only one of the names (but more than one token remains).
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Increasing leads to higher scores for deleted tokens if they only occur in one name and more than one token remains.
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adjustOneSidedDeletionScores
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Token Reorder Correction
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Adjustment made when the tokens in one of the names have been rotated with respect to the other (e.g. A B C D vs D A B C).
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Increasing leads to a higher score when tokens have been rotated.
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reorderCorrection
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Final Score Bias
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This is used to normalize the scores so that they have roughly the same value from one release to the next, as well as between language pairs.
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Increasing leads to a higher final score.
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finalBias
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