Algorithm Updates
๐ Update: 4-29-24 More changes to the algorithm based on your feedback:
- No longer flagging missing burials if a cremation fact is present
- Only call out marriages at an older age if it is the person's first marriage
- More leniency when comparing dates on census records
- Less leniency when comparing dates on other records
- Name comparison issues now return the name in Proper Case
Thank you for your valuable feedback!
Update: 4-17-24 Thanks to some of your feedback, we have released some additional changes:
- We have improved our city detection algorithm (we have heard your complaints about New York City, New York, United States)
- Requiring a christening has been changed. Giving credit for having a christening will improve the score but there is no punishment if one is missing.
- We currently have a nickname list and are accepting Wm for William.
- The bug about dismissing issues is now fixed.
- A more lenient algorithm for place consistency is now in effect. This should help with places on a time boundary.
Update: 4-11-24 We have recently released some additional algorithm updates:
- We now require two tagged sources for a name and a birth conclusion.
- We have adjusted the scoring algorithm to more heavily weight the "Data is conflict-free" category this will result in lower overall scores than you may be used to
- We are now scoring persons born in continental Europe between 1800 and 1920
As always, thank you so much for your continued support and Feedback!
4-5-24 Update: We have recently released some algorithm updates, many based on your feedback:
- Give credit for alternate names when comparing names with sources
- Create an issue for each source that can't find a matching name
- Score impossible event order issues more harshly
- Stop calling out untagged marriages
- Allow tree persons from Newfoundland to be scored
- Fix bug comparing residences with tagged sources from 1940 U.S. census
- Sort some birth issues by the age of child
We look forward to hearing more about your experience with the Profile Quality Score.
3-27-24 Update: Today the Profile Quality Score started checking for some new quality issues:
- Biological children born too close together
- Too many biological fathers
- Too many biological mothers
- Unlikely migration patterns
If you happen to stumble upon any of these, we are interested in your feedback.
We also officially retired the standalone Prototype 1.0 (which had a limited release in October 2023)
Comments
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Robert -
Thanks! That's quite a list of fixes!
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