DeepLearning-StringMatching - M.Sc. Thesis

Approximate String Matching and Duplicate Detection in the Deep Learning Era

Python 2 and Keras 1.2.2

• deepneuralnetwork.py - 2-Stacked BiGRU encoder with various extensions.
• feature/deepneuralnetwork_feature.py - Feature variant of deepneuralnetwork.py. Takes one extra feature as input.

Python 3 and Keras 2.2.2

• functionaldnn.py - 2-Stacked BiGRU encoder with various extensions. Functional Keras Model.
• stacked_gru_max.py- 3-Stacked BiGRU encoder with maxpooling between layers.
• feature/stacked_gru_max_feature.py - Feature variant of stacked_gru_max.py. Takes one extra feature as input.

layers.py - Custom Keras layers and callbacks.

INSTRUCTIONS

1 - Download and unzip the datasets from the the datasets folder:

The available datasets are: GeoNames Dataset JRC-Names Dataset Historical Place Names

2- Run the desired model followed by the dataset name python3 desired_model.py dataset_name or python desired_model.py dataset_name.

3- The results will be outputed to the terminal.