I just found a discussion about how it is applied in GnuCash: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bayes
I am not sure if it still applies to release 3.x. David C On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:47 AM David Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > Joseph, > > If you are looking for a technically detailed answer, GnuCash uses a > technique called Bayesian matching which is well known in mathematical > circles. The success is very dependent on the details of implementation, > and GnuCash took steps toward improvement in the 3.x series by using a > modified algorithm and giving the user a tool to prune the history to > improve future matching. > > I am not an expert on this, and I am not a developer so I really don't > have more information about the nuts and bolts. > > David C > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 8:55 AM David T. via gnucash-user < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> It learns from your choices during import. If you accept the choices it >> makes, it does it that way the next time. You change it by selecting a >> different account in the matcher window. Then the matcher learns from your >> decision. >> >> Take a look at: >> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-help/import-qif.html >> >> David >> >> >> > On Nov 28, 2018, at 8:06 PM, Joseph Vernice <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I would like to know how GnuCash auto-assigns transactions that are >> downloaded and imported? Also, how can these transactions be changed for >> future imports? >> > >> > Example: I import a set of transactions and some are assigned as an >> Expense:Charity, some are assigned as Income, some as Imbalance. Most of >> the time only a handful of these are correct. How are the transactions >> PREDICTED? How can this be tweaked? >> > >> > Thank you, >> > Joseph Vernice >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnucash-user mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> > ----- >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
