Patent ID: 8799282

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for analyzing a system for matching data records, the method comprising: producing a configuration of said system, the configuration of the system applying a bucketing strategy operable to create buckets by comparing sets of one or more attributes of initial data records with corresponding attributes of candidate data records in said system, wherein each bucket is associated with a corresponding set of attributes; analyzing buckets created according to the bucketing strategy associated with said configuration of said system, wherein said buckets each comprise candidate data records with the corresponding set of attributes similar to those of the initial data records and are used to associate data records with a common entity, and wherein said analyzing said buckets further comprises analyzing statistics associated with said buckets, analyzing a bucket size distribution, analyzing said buckets by size, analyzing said buckets by composition, analyzing a bulk cross match, comparison distribution, analyzing members by bucket count, analyzing member bucket values, analyzing member bucket frequencies, analyzing a member comparison distribution, or a combination thereof; analyzing an effect of said buckets on performance of said system to determine and link data records associated with a common entity; and changing said bucketing strategy accordingly to alter determination of the association of data records with the common entity.