Re: regarding queryboost

2010-02-23 Thread Chris Hostetter
: I have explored ranking formula. As far as I understand, it : seems query-boost value is used only in "queryNorm" (to be exact : in : "sumOfSquaredWeights" ) that too inversely. No, the queryNorm is a balancer that takes into account all of the boosts of all of the constituante parts of

regarding queryboost

2010-02-22 Thread Smith G
Hello , I have explored ranking formula. As far as I understand, it seems query-boost value is used only in "queryNorm" (to be exact : in "sumOfSquaredWeights" ) that too inversely. queryNorm(q) = queryNorm(sumOfSquaredWeights)= 1 –– sumOfSquaredWeights½