/DisMaxQParserPlugin#tie_.28Tie_breaker.29
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> Tom
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> From: Chris Hostetter [mailto:hossman_luc...@fucit.org]
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tie_.28Tie_breaker.29
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> Tom
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> -Original Message-
> From: Chris Hostetter [mailto:hossman_luc...@fucit.org]
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 5:41 PM
> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org; yo...@lucidimagination.com
> Cc: Burton-West, Tom
> Subject: Re: Und
: Thursday, April 14, 2011 5:41 PM
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org; yo...@lucidimagination.com
Cc: Burton-West, Tom
Subject: Re: Understanding the DisMax tie parameter
: Perhaps the parameter could have had a better name. It's essentially
: max(score of matching clauses) + tie * (sco
: Perhaps the parameter could have had a better name. It's essentially
: max(score of matching clauses) + tie * (score of matching clauses that
: are not the max)
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: So it can be used and thought of as a tiebreak only in the sense that
: if two docs match a clause (with essentially the same sco
Dismax works by first selecting the highest scoring sub-query of all the
sub-queries that were run. If I want to search on three fields, manu, name
and features, I can configure dismax like this:
dismax
* 0.0*
manu name features
*:*
Now I'll use this query:
http
2011 at 5:04 PM, Burton-West, Tom wrote:
> Hello,
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> I'm having trouble understanding the relationship of the word "tie" and
> "tiebreaker" to the explanation of this parameter on the wiki.
> What two (or more things) are in a tie? and how does the number in the range
> from 0 to 1 break the ti
