irelink: Fast Probabilistic Record Linkage
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', including execution via 'DuckDB'. This package is a translation of the Python 'splink' library by Linacre et al. (2022) <doi:10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1794> into idiomatic R.
| Version: | 0.0.1 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 4.1.0) |
| Imports: | cli, DBI, duckdb, ggplot2, glue, rlang, stringdist, tibble, tidyselect |
| Suggests: | dbplyr, dplyr, igraph, jsonlite, knitr, nanoparquet, rmarkdown, RSQLite, spelling, testthat (≥ 3.0.0), withr |
| Published: | 2026-10-10 |
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.irelink (may not be active yet) |
| Author: | Christopher T. Kenny
 [aut, cre,
cph],
Robin Linacre [cph] (Lead author of splink, the Python package this is
derived from),
Sam Lindsay [cph] (Author of splink),
Theodore Manassis [cph] (Author of splink),
Tom Hepworth [cph] (Author of splink),
Andy Bond [cph] (Author of splink),
Ross Kennedy [cph] (Author of splink),
UK Ministry of Justice [cph] (Copyright holder of splink) |
| Maintainer: | Christopher T. Kenny <ctkenny at proton.me> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/christopherkenny/irelink/issues |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| Copyright: | see file COPYRIGHTS |
| URL: | https://christophertkenny.com/irelink/, https://github.com/christopherkenny/irelink |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Language: | en-US |
| Materials: | README, NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | irelink results |
Documentation:
| Reference manual: | irelink.html , irelink.pdf |
| Vignettes: |
Advanced Workflows (source, R code) Deduplication with Evaluation (source, R code) Translating from fastLink (source, R code) Translating from Splink (source, R code) Getting Started (source, R code) Record Linkage Across Datasets (source, R code) |
Downloads:
| Package source: | irelink_0.0.1.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: not available, r-release: not available, r-oldrel: not available |
| macOS binaries: | r-release (arm64): not available, r-oldrel (arm64): not available, r-release (x86_64): not available, r-oldrel (x86_64): not available |
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