Normalizing search scores over multiple indices

2005-04-04 Thread Bill Janssen
I've got a situation where I'm searching over a number of different repositories, each containing a different set of documents. I'd like to run searches over, say, 4 different indices, then combine the results outside of Java to present to the user. Is there any way of normalizing search scores o

Re: Normalizing search scores over multiple indices

2005-04-04 Thread Otis Gospodnetic
I think Chuck and friends have provided just such a patch, but we haven't applied it yet :( Otis --- Bill Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got a situation where I'm searching over a number of different > repositories, each containing a different set of documents. I'd like > to run s

Re: Normalizing search scores over multiple indices

2005-04-04 Thread Bill Janssen
Hi, Otis. Yes, I looked at Chuck's messages on the mailing list. But he seems to be focussing on MultiSearcher approaches, where I'm looking for a way (I think) to adjust each individual index so that it will give scores similar to the others. I don't quite see how to merge the results outside o

Re: Normalizing search scores over multiple indices

2005-04-04 Thread Chuck Williams
Bill Janssen writes (4/4/2005 6:38 PM): Hi, Otis. Yes, I looked at Chuck's messages on the mailing list. But he seems to be focussing on MultiSearcher approaches, where I'm looking for a way (I think) to adjust each individual index so that it will give scores similar to the others. I don't quite