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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', enabling execution from laptop-scale ('DuckDB')
  through to distributed engines. This package is a translation of the Python 'splink'
  library by Linacre et al. 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://christopherkenny.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/christopherkenny/irelink
commit: 51c3d6028221872ca626a454879bd2f15930dad1
url: http://christophertkenny.com/irelink/
date-released: '2026-05-20'
contact:
- family-names: Kenny
  given-names: Christopher T.
  email: ctkenny@proton.me
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9386-6860