Match, Compare, or Select? An Investigation of Large Language Models for Entity Matching (2025.coling-main)
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| Challenge: | Entity matching (EM) is a critical step in entity resolution (ER). |
| Approach: | They propose a method that incorporates record interactions from different perspectives. |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework improves on 8 ER datasets and 10 LLMs and achieves higher efficiency and effectiveness. |
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