Constructor PassageScorer

PassageScorer()

Creates PassageScorer with these default values:

  • k1 = 1.2
  • b = 0.75
  • pivot = 87

Declaration
public PassageScorer()

PassageScorer(Single, Single, Single)

Creates PassageScorer with specified scoring parameters

Declaration
public PassageScorer(float k1, float b, float pivot)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Single k1

Controls non-linear term frequency normalization (saturation).
System.Single b

Controls to what degree passage length normalizes tf values.
System.Single pivot

Pivot value for length normalization (some rough idea of average sentence length in characters).