colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman) (06/06/84)
[Here she comes again! Or does she?] This problem also arises in databases. How do you find out whether the Joe Szmoe in your tax database is the same as the Joe Szmoe in your welfare database? SSNs don't count - he may have several. The problem is even worse when you pass from Artificial Intelligence to Military Intelligence. You may know nothing for certain about enemy spies, and can only suspect that two spies are identical. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...seismo!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel