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 I am just wondering if it has any direct effect on ranking score. Like, more queryBoost resulting in more score. But here as it is inversely proportional it seems its not the case. Just let me know If I missed some logic. Thanks.