Hi Yonik,

I'd checked TermQuery, TermScorer and TermWeight then
sent the previous mail. But after getting your reply, I did double-check
and I understand that you are correct.

So, the formula in LIA should be re-corrected? :)

Scoring formula figure omission
http://www.lucenebook.com/blog/errata/scoring_formula_omission.html

Thank you very much,

Koji

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yonik Seeley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:23 AM
> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Re: score formula in Similarity javadoc
>
>
> With respect to different terms in a boolean query, they will
> contribute to
> the total score proportional to idf^2, so I think the javadoc as it exists
> now is probably more correct.
>
> A single TermQuery will have a final score with a single idf factor in it,
> but that's because of the queryweight factor... look at the implementation
> of TermWeight for more details.
>
> -Yonik
> Now hiring -- http://forms.cnet.com/slink?231706
>
> On 10/25/05, Koji Sekiguchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I apologize if this list is not appropriate for sending a patch.
> >
> > It seems there is an error on score formula in Similarity javadoc:
> >
> > score(q,d) = sigma( tf * idf^2 * ... )
> >
> > should be
> >
> > score(q,d) = sigma( tf * idf * ... )
> >
> > if my understanding is correct, I would appreciate it if
> > someone could apply the attached patch to svn.
> >
> > BTW, in java langauge, operator ^ means BIT XOR... :)
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Koji
> >
>



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