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Okapi BM25

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In information retrieval, Okapi BM25 (BM is an abbreviation of best matching) is a ranking function used by search engines to estimate the relevance of documents to a given search query. It is based on the probabilistic retrieval framework developed in the 1970s and 1980s by Stephen E. Robertson, Karen Spärck Jones, and others.

Okapi BM25 - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ranking function used by search engines In information retrieval , Okapi BM25 ( BM is an abbreviation of best matching ) is a ranking function used by search engines to estimate the relevance of documents to a given search query. It is based on the probabilistic retrieval framework developed in the 1970s and 1980s by Stephen E. Robertson , Karen Spärck Jones , and others. The name of the actual ranking function is BM25 . The fuller name, Okapi BM25 , includes the name of the first system to use it, which was the Okapi

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