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type: software
license: MIT
title: 'irelink: Fast Probabilistic Record Linkage'
version: 0.0.1
abstract: Performs fast, scalable probabilistic record linkage and deduplication using
  the Fellegi-Sunter model. Records lacking a shared unique identifier are compared
  across configurable dimensions using exact, fuzzy, and distance-based comparisons,
  with model parameters estimated via unsupervised Expectation-Maximization. Multiple
  SQL backends are supported through 'DBI', including execution via 'DuckDB'. This
  package is a translation of the Python 'splink' library by Linacre et al. (2022)
  <https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1794> into idiomatic R.
authors:
- family-names: Kenny
  given-names: Christopher T.
  email: ctkenny@proton.me
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9386-6860
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/christopherkenny/irelink
commit: 3ae4f774bce2bfdbd63ee85da09ec4d5263288d5
url: https://christophertkenny.com/irelink/
date-released: '2026-10-10'
contact:
- family-names: Kenny
  given-names: Christopher T.
  email: ctkenny@proton.me
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9386-6860