I guess I don't really understand this comment in the similarity java doc then:
http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_4_0/api/org/apache/lucene/search/Similarity.html#formula_queryNorm *queryNorm(q) * is a normalizing factor used to make scores between queries comparable. :/. M On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Peter Keegan <peterlkee...@gmail.com>wrote: > Got it. This is another example of why scores can't be compared between > (even similar) queries. > (we don't) > > Thanks. > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Yonik Seeley > <yo...@lucidimagination.com>wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Peter Keegan <peterlkee...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > Any comments about this? Is this just the way queryNorm works or is > this > > a > > > bug? > > > > That's just the way it works... since it's applied to all clauses, it > > really just changes the range of scores returned, not relative > > ordering of documents or anything. > > > > -Yonik > > http://www.lucidimagination.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > > > > >
