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		A Comprehensive Hit or Miss Probabilistic Entity Resolution Model
		// Provides Bayesian probabilistic methods for record linkage
		and entity resolution across multiple datasets using the
		Comprehensive Hit Or Miss Probabilistic Entity Resolution
		(CHOMPER) model. The package implements three main inference
		approaches: (1) Evolutionary Variational Inference for record
		Linkage (EVIL), (2) Coordinate Ascent Variational Inference
		(CAVI), and (3) Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) with split and
		merge process. The model supports both discrete and continuous
		fields, and it performs locally-varying hit mechanism for the
		attributes with multiple truths. It also provides tools for
		performance evaluation based on either approximated variational
		factors or posterior samples. The package is designed to
		support parallel computing with multi-threading support for
		EVIL to estimate the linkage structure faster.
	</longdescription>
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