TREX Analysis

SPL Screening Details

Step by step process consisting of below steps Word in a word (SPL Name- Huji, BP name- Shuji), SPL fully contained in BP, SPL moves on to next step
(SPL Name- Hujin, BP Name- Shuji), SPL not fully contained in BP, SPL finds no block, doesnt
move to next step, partner is released (no block)

Word match % (70%) BP Name (Source) to SPL (Target) (direction of match), (SPL Name- Huji, BP name- Shuji) match
rate 4/5- 80% > 70% (threshold), moves to phrase %
(SPL Name- Huji, BP name- Shujies) match rate 4/7- 57% < 70% (threshold), release (no block)

Phrase match % (51%) SPL Name (Target) to BP Name (Source) (direction of match), (SPL Name- Huji, BP name- Shuji
Private Contractors) match rate 1/1- 100% > 51% (threshold), moves to Delisting check
(SPL Name- Huji Private Contractors, BP name- Shuji) match rate 1/3- 33.3% < 51% (threshold),
releases

Delisting Looks at end dated SPL listings and releases even if above 3 steps are a match

TREX Screening Details

Step by step process consisting of below steps TREX algorithm Choice of Algorithm- F (Fuzzy Logic) or G (Enhanced Logic), BP Name- Shuji, SPL Name- Huji (no
match with F, match with G (Fuzzy Logic F checks whether the first letter is same in SPL and
BP)
Fuzzy Logic also allows for a specific level of misspelling
Missing letters (SORD vs. SWORD)
Inverted Letters (SOCIETY vs. SOCEITY)
Additional Letters (Laboratories vs. Laboratory)

Word match % (70%) BP Name (Source) to SPL (Target) (direction of match), (SPL Name- Huji, BP name- Shuji) match
rate 4/5- 80% > 70% (threshold), moves to phrase %
(SPL Name- Huji, BP name- Shujies) match rate 4/7- 57% < 70% (threshold), releases

Phrase match % (51%) SPL Name (Target) to BP Name (Source) (direction of match), (SPL Name- Huji, BP name- Shuji
Private Contractors) match rate 1/1- 100% > 51% (threshold), moves to Delisting check
(SPL Name- Huji Private Contractors, BP name- Shuji) match rate 1/3- 33.3% < 51% (threshold),
releases

Delisting Looks at end dated SPL listings and releases even if above 3 steps are a match

Differences between SPL & TREX

Functionality

SPL

TREX

Impact to match
rate/ Quality

Word in a word
(BP Name- SORD, SPL
Name- SWORD).

No block

Block

TREX increases hit rate

Word Match

No Impact

Phrase Match

No Impact

Delisting (SPL Validity

Date)

TREX Algorithm
(BP Name- Word, SPL
Name SWORD)

Block

No block (search
algorithm F)
Block (search
Algorithm G)

Testing Approach 1

Sandbox copied with production (July 2nd)

Ran SPL screening in sandbox
Ran 3 cycles of TREX screening in sandbox (different configuration)
TREX Algorithm Used- G, Match Rate- 70%
SPL Screening

TREX Screening

Blocked HR Partners

14

246

Blocked Logistics Partners

1540

8221

TREX Algorithm Used- F, Match Rate- 80%

SPL Screening

TREX Screening

Blocked HR Partners

14

147

Blocked Logistics Partners

1540

5103

TREX Algorithm Used- F, Match Rate- 85%

SPL Screening

TREX Screening

Blocked HR Partners

14

Blocked Logistics Partners

1540

667

Picked 25 partners blocked by SPL & 25 by TREX (Algorithm F, Match Rate- 85%)

In TREX

In SPL

True Positive

18 (72%)

10 (40%)

False Positive

5 (20%)

8 (33%)

Testing Approach 2

Ran screening (TREX in Sandbox & SPL in production) in tandem from August 4th to August 10
5 consecutive days statistics are taken into account
TREX Configuration (Algorithm- F, Match Rate- 70%) , Match percentage same in Production
and Sandbox

Date of Screening Blocked Partners in

TREX

Blocked Partners in
SPL

08/04

08/05

42

39

08/06

546

175

08/07

108

34

08/08

78

126

Examples

Dimon matched against Dixon,

Damon
Adel matched against Aden, Axel

Hua matched against Chua

Hum matched against Humi &
Shum

Picked up 27 partners from TREX & 23 from SPL

In TREX

In SPL

True Positive

6 (22.2%)

3 (13.04)

False Positive

21 (77.8%)

20 (86.96)

Testing Approach 3

Picked up negative partners from production (156 in number) and screened in Sandbox (with
TREX algorithm set at match rate 80%)
Uploaded the production MKDATA file (Aug 19-22) in to sandbox and ran the screening with
TREX algorithm (match rate 80%)
Screening
Negative
Partners

Aug 19

Aug 20

Aug 21

Aug 22

Total

Total Blocked in SPL

156

44

51

38

292

Total Blocked in TREX

156

25

34

72

39

326

Common Blocks
Blocked in SPL Alone

156
0

3
0

30
14

46
5

37
1

272
20

Blocked in TREX Alone

False Positives in SPL

22

4
14

26
5

2
1

54
20

28

False Positives in TREX

22

All the negative partners from production are blocked in TREX screening (at 80%)
Over a period of 5 days, TREX blocked 326 partners vs 292 in TREX (an increase in 11%)

In TREX

In SPL

True Positive

26 (48.15%)

0 (0%)

False Positive

28 (51.85%)

20 (100%)

Summary/ Way Forward

Observations No. of Matches TREX is returning more matches (10% more matches on an average (match rate 80%) over SPL
(match rate 70%)

Quality of Matches For sample data analyzed, TREX returned lesser false positives (concluded after 3 rounds of
testing, even though the sample population is small, TREX is consistently showing an
improvement in the quality of matches vs SPL)
Not a single genuine block is getting missed out in TREX (confirmed as part of Negative Partner
screening)

Recommendations TREX is increasing hit rate, which can be reduced because TREX gives us Based on our observations (after multiple rounds of testing and analysis) we can say that TREX
is consistently delivering a higher quality of matches over SPL (lesser false positives, more true
positives) and will provide a boost to the quality of our SPL screening
Ability to increase both word match % and phrase match % due to higher assurance that truly
similar words will match.
Setting TREX sensitivity at a sufficiently high level will prevent truly dissimilar words from
matching. Business can take a call on the match rate (testing completed at 80% for 5 days)
(testing approach 3)