Enhancing Keyword Search in Relational Databases Using Nearly Duplicate Records

The importance of supporting keyword searches on relations has been widely recognized. Different from the existing keyword search techniques on relations, this paper focuses on nearly duplicate records in relational databases due to abbreviation and typos. As a result, processing keyword searches with duplicate records involves many unique challenges. In this paper we discuss the motivation and present a system, RSEARCH, to show challenges in supporting keyword search using nearly duplicate records and key techniques including identifying nearly duplicate records and generating results efficiently.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: DEBU
• Authors: Xiaochun Yang, Bin Wang, Guoren Wang, Ge Yu
• Keywords: DEBU 2010, Duplicate Records, Keyword Search, Keyword Search Techniques