Dul, Jan; Hak, Hak, A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009
Pattern matching is comparing two patterns in order to determine whether they match (i.e., that they are the same) or … do not match (i.e., that they differ). Pattern matching is the core procedure of theory-testing with cases. Testing … disconfirmation). Essential to pattern matching (as opposed to pattern recognition, which is a procedure by which theory is built) is …