Fast-ER: GPU-Accelerated Record Linkage and Deduplication in Python
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.556 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647
Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 28, 2025
Accepted on: Apr 7, 2026
Published on: Apr 21, 2026
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