bm25f

bmf25.py

# BM25F Model

def bm25(idf, tf, fl, avgfl, B, K1):
    # idf - inverse document frequency
    # tf - term frequency in the current document
    # fl - field length in the current document
    # avgfl - average field length across documents in collection
    # B, K1 - free paramters

    return idf * ((tf * (K1 + 1)) / (tf + K1 * (1 - B + B * (fl / avgfl))))


class BM25F(WeightingModel):
    """Implements the BM25F scoring algorithm.
    """

    def __init__(self, B=0.75, K1=1.2, **kwargs):
        """
        
        >>> from whoosh import scoring
        >>> # Set a custom B value for the "content" field
        >>> w = scoring.BM25F(B=0.75, content_B=1.0, K1=1.5)
        
        :param B: free parameter, see the BM25 literature. Keyword arguments of
            the form ``fieldname_B`` (for example, ``body_B``) set field-
            specific values for B.
        :param K1: free parameter, see the BM25 literature.
        """

        self.B = B
        self.K1 = K1

        self._field_B = {}
        for k, v in iteritems(kwargs):
            if k.endswith("_B"):
                fieldname = k[:-2]
                self._field_B[fieldname] = v

    def supports_block_quality(self):
        return True

    def scorer(self, searcher, fieldname, text, qf=1):
        if not searcher.schema[fieldname].scorable:
            return WeightScorer.for_(searcher, fieldname, text)

        if fieldname in self._field_B:
            B = self._field_B[fieldname]
        else:
            B = self.B

        return BM25FScorer(searcher, fieldname, text, B, self.K1, qf=qf)


class BM25FScorer(WeightLengthScorer):
    def __init__(self, searcher, fieldname, text, B, K1, qf=1):
        # IDF and average field length are global statistics, so get them from
        # the top-level searcher
        parent = searcher.get_parent()  # Returns self if no parent
        self.idf = parent.idf(fieldname, text)
        self.avgfl = parent.avg_field_length(fieldname) or 1

        self.B = B
        self.K1 = K1
        self.qf = qf
        self.setup(searcher, fieldname, text)

    def _score(self, weight, length):
        s = bm25(self.idf, weight, length, self.avgfl, self.B, self.K1)
        return s

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