Package org.apache.lucene.search.similarities

Class NormalizationH2

java.lang.Object

org.apache.lucene.search.similarities.Normalization

org.apache.lucene.search.similarities.NormalizationH2

public class NormalizationH2
extends Normalization

Normalization model in which the term frequency is inversely related to the length.

While this model is parameterless in the original article, the thesis introduces the parameterized variant. The default value for the c parameter is 1.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.lucene.search.similarities.Normalization

Normalization.NoNormalization

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NormalizationH2()	Calls NormalizationH2(1)
NormalizationH2(float c)	Creates NormalizationH2 with the supplied parameter c.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
float	getC()	Returns the c parameter.
final float	tfn(BasicStats stats, float tf, float len)	Returns the normalized term frequency.
String	toString()	Subclasses must override this method to return the code of the normalization formula.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.lucene.search.similarities.Normalization

explain

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

NormalizationH2

public NormalizationH2(float c)

Creates NormalizationH2 with the supplied parameter c.

Parameters:

c - hyper-parameter that controls the term frequency normalization with respect to the document length.

NormalizationH2

public NormalizationH2()

Calls NormalizationH2(1)

Method Details

tfn

public final float tfn(BasicStats stats,
 float tf,
 float len)

Description copied from class: Normalization

Returns the normalized term frequency.

Specified by:

tfn in class Normalization

Parameters:

len - the field length.

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: Normalization

Subclasses must override this method to return the code of the normalization formula. Refer to the original paper for the list.

Specified by:

toString in class Normalization

getC

public float getC()

Returns the c parameter.

See Also:

• NormalizationH2(float)