lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/similarities/IndependenceStandardized.java

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package org.apache.lucene.search.similarities;


/**
 * Standardized measure of distance from independence
 * <p>
 * Described as:
 * "good at tasks that require high recall and high precision, especially 
 *  against short queries composed of a few words as in the case of Internet 
 *  searches"
 * @lucene.experimental
 */
public class IndependenceStandardized extends Independence {

  /**
   * Sole constructor.
   */
  public IndependenceStandardized() {}
  
  @Override
  public double score(double freq, double expected) {
    return (freq - expected) / Math.sqrt(expected);
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "Standardized";
  }
}