PPRL (version 0.3.9)

Privacy Preserving Record Linkage

Description

A toolbox for deterministic, probabilistic and privacy-preserving record linkage techniques. Combines the functionality of the 'Merge ToolBox' () with current privacy-preserving techniques.

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install.packages('PPRL')

Monthly Downloads

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Version

0.3.9

License

GPL-3

Maintainer

Dorothea Rukasz

Last Published

December 2nd, 2025

Functions in PPRL (0.3.9)

SelectSimilarityFunction

Select Similarity Function for Linkage

DeterministicLinkage

Deterministic Record Linkage

StandardizeString

Standardize String

PPRL-package

PPRL: Privacy Preserving Record Linkage

ElegantPairingVec

Simple Pairing Function

WolframRule30

Apply Wolframs rule 30 on bit vectors

ElegantPairingInt

Elegant Pairing

WolframRule90

Apply Wolframs rule 90 on bit vectors

CreateALC

Anonymous Linkage Codes (ALCs)

CreateBF

Bloom Filter Encoding

Create581

Create Encrypted Statistical Linkage Keys

CreateBalancedBF

Balanced Bloom Filter Encoding

CreateCLK

Cryptographic Long-term Keys (CLKs)

CreateDoubleBalancedBF

Double Balanced Bloomfilter Encoding

CreateAS16

Creating Records with Armknechts method create

CompareAS16

Comparing bit vectors generated by CreateAS16

CreateEnsembleCLK

Combine multiple independent CLKs using a simple majority rule

CreateBitFlippingBF

Permanent Randomized Response Bloom Filters

ProbabilisticLinkage

Probabilistic Record Linkage

CreateRecordLevelBF

Record Level Bloom Filter (RLBF) Encoding

SelectBlockingFunction

Select blocking method prior to linkage

CreateMarkovCLK

Create CLKs with Markov Chain-based transition matrix