Package org.terrier.matching.models

Class LemurTF_IDF

java.lang.Object

org.terrier.matching.models.WeightingModel

org.terrier.matching.models.LemurTF_IDF

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, Model

public class LemurTF_IDF
extends WeightingModel

This class implements the TF_IDF weighting model as it is implemented in Lemur. See Notes on the Lemur TFIDF model. Chenxiang Zhai, 2001.

Author:

Ben He, Gianni Amati, Vassilis Plachouras

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.terrier.matching.models.WeightingModel

averageDocumentLength, c, cs, documentFrequency, es, i, keyFrequency, numberOfDocuments, numberOfPointers, numberOfPostings, numberOfTokens, numberOfUniqueTerms, rq, termFrequency

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LemurTF_IDF()	A default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.String	getInfo()	Returns the name of the model.
double	score(double tf, double docLength)	Uses LemurTF_IDF to compute a weight for a term in a document.

Methods inherited from class org.terrier.matching.models.WeightingModel

clone, getOverflowed, getParameter, prepare, score, setCollectionStatistics, setEntryStatistics, setKeyFrequency, setParameter, setRequest

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LemurTF_IDF

public LemurTF_IDF()

A default constructor. This must be followed by specifying the c value.

Method Detail

getInfo

public final java.lang.String getInfo()

Returns the name of the model.

Specified by:

getInfo in interface Model

Specified by:

getInfo in class WeightingModel

Returns:

the name of the model

score

public final double score(double tf,
                          double docLength)

Uses LemurTF_IDF to compute a weight for a term in a document.

Specified by:

score in class WeightingModel

Parameters:

tf - The term frequency in the document

docLength - the document's length

Returns:

the score assigned to a document with the given tf and docLength, and other preset parameters