I think if you don't need to add more categories, just increasing boost factor of Electronics would work. As you said because of DocFreq of "Mobile Phones", scoring algorithm is working as expected way.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Jayant Patil <jayan...@peopleinteractive.in> wrote: > Hi, > > We are using Solr for our searches. We are facing issues while applying > boost on particular fields. > E.g. > We have a field Category, which contains values like Electronics, > Computers, Home Appliances, Mobile Phones etc. > We want to boost the category Electronics and Mobile Phones, we are using > the following query > (category:Electronics^2 OR category:Mobile Phones^1 OR category:[* TO *]^0) > > The results are unexpected as Category Mobile Phones gets more boost than > Electronics even if we are specifying the boost factor 2 for electronics > and 1 for mobile phones respectively. > On debugging we found that DocFreq is manipulating the scores and hence > affecting the overall boost. The no. of docs for mobile phones is much > lower than that for electronics and solr is giving higher score to mobile > phones for this reason. > > Please suggest a solution. > > Regards, > Jayant > > > ******************************************************************************** > People Interactive DISCLAIMER and CONFIDENTIALITY CAUTION > ******************************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > Unauthorized reading, dissemination, distribution or copying of this > communication is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, any > disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken > in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received > this communication in error, please notify us immediately and promptly > destroy the original communication. Thank you for your cooperation. > > Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely > those of the author and may not necessarily represent those of the company. > Communicating through email is not secure and capable of interception, > corruption and delays. Anyone communicating with People Interactive (I) > Private Limited by email accepts the risks involved and their consequences. > The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of > viruses. People Interactive (I) Private Limited accepts no liability for any > damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. > >
