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<h1 id="Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_BM25Similarity" data-uid="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.BM25Similarity" class="text-break">Class BM25Similarity
</h1>
<div class="markdown level0 summary"><p>BM25 Similarity. Introduced in Stephen E. Robertson, Steve Walker,
Susan Jones, Micheline Hancock-Beaulieu, and Mike Gatford. Okapi at TREC-3.
In Proceedings of the Third <strong>T</strong>ext <strong>RE</strong>trieval <strong>C</strong>onference (TREC 1994).
Gaithersburg, USA, November 1994.
<p>
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<h5>Inheritance</h5>
<div class="level0"><span class="xref">System.Object</span></div>
<div class="level1"><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.Similarity.html">Similarity</a></div>
<div class="level2"><span class="xref">BM25Similarity</span></div>
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<h5>Inherited Members</h5>
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<a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.Similarity.html#Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_Similarity_Coord_System_Int32_System_Int32_">Similarity.Coord(Int32, Int32)</a>
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<a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.Similarity.html#Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_Similarity_QueryNorm_System_Single_">Similarity.QueryNorm(Single)</a>
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<h6><strong>Namespace</strong>: <a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.html">Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities</a></h6>
<h6><strong>Assembly</strong>: Lucene.Net.dll</h6>
<h5 id="Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_BM25Similarity_syntax">Syntax</h5>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public class BM25Similarity : Similarity</code></pre>
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<h3 id="constructors">Constructors
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<h4 id="Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_BM25Similarity__ctor" data-uid="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.BM25Similarity.#ctor">BM25Similarity()</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>BM25 with these default values:
<ul><li><code>k1 = 1.2</code>,</li><li><code>b = 0.75</code>.</li></ul></p>
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<h5 class="decalaration">Declaration</h5>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public BM25Similarity()</code></pre>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>BM25 with the supplied parameter values. </p>
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<h5 class="decalaration">Declaration</h5>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public BM25Similarity(float k1, float b)</code></pre>
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<td><span class="xref">System.Single</span></td>
<td><span class="parametername">k1</span></td>
<td><p>Controls non-linear term frequency normalization (saturation). </p>
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<td><span class="xref">System.Single</span></td>
<td><span class="parametername">b</span></td>
<td><p>Controls to what degree document length normalizes tf values. </p>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Returns the <code>b</code> parameter </p>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public virtual float B { get; }</code></pre>
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<td><span class="xref">System.Single</span></td>
<td></td>
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<h5 id="Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_BM25Similarity_B_seealso">See Also</h5>
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<div><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.BM25Similarity.html#Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_BM25Similarity__ctor_System_Single_System_Single_">BM25Similarity(Single, Single)</a></div>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or Sets whether overlap tokens (Tokens with 0 position increment) are
ignored when computing norm. By default this is true, meaning overlap
tokens do not count when computing norms.</p>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public virtual bool DiscountOverlaps { get; set; }</code></pre>
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<td><span class="xref">System.Boolean</span></td>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Returns the <code>k1</code> parameter </p>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public virtual float K1 { get; }</code></pre>
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<td><span class="xref">System.Single</span></td>
<td></td>
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<h5 id="Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_BM25Similarity_K1_seealso">See Also</h5>
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<div><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.BM25Similarity.html#Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_BM25Similarity__ctor_System_Single_System_Single_">BM25Similarity(Single, Single)</a></div>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>The default implementation computes the average as <code>sumTotalTermFreq / maxDoc</code>,
or returns <code>1</code> if the index does not store sumTotalTermFreq (Lucene 3.x indexes
or any field that omits frequency information).</p>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual float AvgFieldLength(CollectionStatistics collectionStats)</code></pre>
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<th>Name</th>
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<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.CollectionStatistics.html">CollectionStatistics</a></td>
<td><span class="parametername">collectionStats</span></td>
<td></td>
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<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td><span class="xref">System.Single</span></td>
<td></td>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public override sealed long ComputeNorm(FieldInvertState state)</code></pre>
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<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Index.FieldInvertState.html">FieldInvertState</a></td>
<td><span class="parametername">state</span></td>
<td></td>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
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<td><span class="xref">System.Int64</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<h5 class="overrides">Overrides</h5>
<div><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.Similarity.html#Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_Similarity_ComputeNorm_Lucene_Net_Index_FieldInvertState_">Similarity.ComputeNorm(FieldInvertState)</a></div>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public override sealed Similarity.SimWeight ComputeWeight(float queryBoost, CollectionStatistics collectionStats, params TermStatistics[] termStats)</code></pre>
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<th>Type</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
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<td><span class="xref">System.Single</span></td>
<td><span class="parametername">queryBoost</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.CollectionStatistics.html">CollectionStatistics</a></td>
<td><span class="parametername">collectionStats</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.TermStatistics.html">TermStatistics</a>[]</td>
<td><span class="parametername">termStats</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
<table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.Similarity.SimWeight.html">Similarity.SimWeight</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h5 class="overrides">Overrides</h5>
<div><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.Similarity.html#Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_Similarity_ComputeWeight_System_Single_Lucene_Net_Search_CollectionStatistics_Lucene_Net_Search_TermStatistics___">Similarity.ComputeWeight(Single, CollectionStatistics, TermStatistics[])</a></div>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>The default implementation returns <code>1 / f<sup>2</sup></code>
where <code>f</code> is <a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Util.SmallSingle.html#Lucene_Net_Util_SmallSingle_Byte315ToSingle_System_Byte_">Byte315ToSingle(Byte)</a>.</p>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual float DecodeNormValue(byte b)</code></pre>
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<th>Type</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
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<td><span class="xref">System.Byte</span></td>
<td><span class="parametername">b</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
<table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
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<tr>
<td><span class="xref">System.Single</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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with <a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Util.SmallSingle.html#Lucene_Net_Util_SmallSingle_SingleToByte315_System_Single_">SingleToByte315(Single)</a>. This is compatible with
Lucene&apos;s default implementation. If you change this, then you should
change <a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.BM25Similarity.html#Lucene_Net_Search_Similarities_BM25Similarity_DecodeNormValue_System_Byte_">DecodeNormValue(Byte)</a> to match.</p>
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<h5 class="decalaration">Declaration</h5>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual byte EncodeNormValue(float boost, int fieldLength)</code></pre>
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<th>Type</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
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<td><span class="xref">System.Single</span></td>
<td><span class="parametername">boost</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="xref">System.Int32</span></td>
<td><span class="parametername">fieldLength</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
<table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><span class="xref">System.Byte</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public override sealed Similarity.SimScorer GetSimScorer(Similarity.SimWeight stats, AtomicReaderContext context)</code></pre>
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<th>Type</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
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<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.Similarity.SimWeight.html">Similarity.SimWeight</a></td>
<td><span class="parametername">stats</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Index.AtomicReaderContext.html">AtomicReaderContext</a></td>
<td><span class="parametername">context</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
<table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Similarities.Similarity.SimScorer.html">Similarity.SimScorer</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<h5 class="overrides">Overrides</h5>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Implemented as <code>log(1 + (numDocs - docFreq + 0.5)/(docFreq + 0.5))</code>. </p>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual float Idf(long docFreq, long numDocs)</code></pre>
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<th>Type</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
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<td><span class="xref">System.Int64</span></td>
<td><span class="parametername">docFreq</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="xref">System.Int64</span></td>
<td><span class="parametername">numDocs</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
<table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><span class="xref">System.Single</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Computes a score factor for a simple term and returns an explanation
for that score factor.</p>
<p><p>
The default implementation uses:</p>
<pre><code> Idf(docFreq, searcher.MaxDoc);</code></pre>
<p>Note that <a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.CollectionStatistics.html#Lucene_Net_Search_CollectionStatistics_MaxDoc">MaxDoc</a> is used instead of
<a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Index.IndexReader.html#Lucene_Net_Index_IndexReader_NumDocs">NumDocs</a> because also
<a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.TermStatistics.html#Lucene_Net_Search_TermStatistics_DocFreq">DocFreq</a> is used, and when the latter
is inaccurate, so is <a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.CollectionStatistics.html#Lucene_Net_Search_CollectionStatistics_MaxDoc">MaxDoc</a>, and in the same direction.
In addition, <a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.CollectionStatistics.html#Lucene_Net_Search_CollectionStatistics_MaxDoc">MaxDoc</a> is more efficient to compute</p>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public virtual Explanation IdfExplain(CollectionStatistics collectionStats, TermStatistics termStats)</code></pre>
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<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.CollectionStatistics.html">CollectionStatistics</a></td>
<td><span class="parametername">collectionStats</span></td>
<td><p>collection-level statistics </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.TermStatistics.html">TermStatistics</a></td>
<td><span class="parametername">termStats</span></td>
<td><p>term-level statistics for the term </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
<table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Explanation.html">Explanation</a></td>
<td><p>an <a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Explanation.html">Explanation</a> object that includes both an idf score factor
and an explanation for the term. </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Computes a score factor for a phrase.</p>
<p><p>
The default implementation sums the idf factor for
each term in the phrase.</p>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public virtual Explanation IdfExplain(CollectionStatistics collectionStats, TermStatistics[] termStats)</code></pre>
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<table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.CollectionStatistics.html">CollectionStatistics</a></td>
<td><span class="parametername">collectionStats</span></td>
<td><p>collection-level statistics </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.TermStatistics.html">TermStatistics</a>[]</td>
<td><span class="parametername">termStats</span></td>
<td><p>term-level statistics for the terms in the phrase </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
<table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Explanation.html">Explanation</a></td>
<td><p>an <a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Search.Explanation.html">Explanation</a> object that includes both an idf
score factor for the phrase and an explanation
for each term. </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>The default implementation returns <code>1</code> </p>
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<pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual float ScorePayload(int doc, int start, int end, BytesRef payload)</code></pre>
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<table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
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<tr>
<td><span class="xref">System.Int32</span></td>
<td><span class="parametername">doc</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="xref">System.Int32</span></td>
<td><span class="parametername">start</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="xref">System.Int32</span></td>
<td><span class="parametername">end</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a class="xref" href="Lucene.Net.Util.BytesRef.html">BytesRef</a></td>
<td><span class="parametername">payload</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
<table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><span class="xref">System.Single</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Implemented as <code>1 / (distance + 1)</code>. </p>
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