org.terrier.matching.models
Class InL2

java.lang.Object
  org.terrier.matching.models.WeightingModel
      org.terrier.matching.models.InL2

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class InL2
extends WeightingModel

This class implements the InL2 weighting model.

Author:

Gianni Amati, Ben He, Vassilis Plachouras

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

averageDocumentLength, c, documentFrequency, i, keyFrequency, numberOfDocuments, numberOfPointers, numberOfTokens, numberOfUniqueTerms, termFrequency

Constructor Summary

InL2()
A default constructor.

InL2(double c)
Constructs an instance of this class with the specified value for the parameter c.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getInfo() Returns the name of the model.
double	score(double tf, double docLength) Computes the score according to the model InL2.
double	score(double tf, double docLength, double documentFrequency, double termFrequency, double keyFrequency) Computes the score according to the model InL2.

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

clone, getOverflowed, getParameter, prepare, score, setAverageDocumentLength, setCollectionStatistics, setDocumentFrequency, setEntryStatistics, setKeyFrequency, setNumberOfDocuments, setNumberOfPointers, setNumberOfTokens, setNumberOfUniqueTerms, setParameter, setRequest, setTermFrequency, stirlingPower

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InL2

public InL2()

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

InL2

public InL2(double c)

Constructs an instance of this class with the specified value for the parameter c.

Parameters:

c - the term frequency normalisation parameter 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)

Computes the score according to the model InL2.

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

score

public final double score(double tf,
                          double docLength,
                          double documentFrequency,
                          double termFrequency,
                          double keyFrequency)

Computes the score according to the model InL2.

Specified by:

score in class WeightingModel

Parameters:

tf - The term frequency in the document

docLength - the document's length

documentFrequency - The document frequency of the term

termFrequency - the term frequency in the collection

keyFrequency - the term frequency in the query

Returns:

the score returned by the implemented weighting model.