# Entity Resolution **Entity class:** Analytic method **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Entity resolution** determines whether records from different systems refer to the same person, organization, account, device, vehicle, place, or event. It is the identity-hygiene prerequisite for answering “who knows who”: false merges create spurious associations, while missed merges hide real ones. ## Relationships - **enables:** [[wiki/Identity and Relationship Analysis|Identity and Relationship Analysis]], [[wiki/Graph Analytics|Graph Analytics]], and [[wiki/Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment|TIDE]]. - **used by:** [[wiki/ICEPIC|ICEPIC]] and [[wiki/Investigative Case Management|Investigative Case Management]]. - **feeds:** [[wiki/Link Prediction|Link Prediction]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/Immigration and Customs Enforcement Pattern Analysis and Information Collection (ICEPIC)|ICEPIC research dossier]]