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    "Rank-Aware Metric",
    "Ranking Metric"
  ],
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      "target": "average-precision",
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    },
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    },
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  "links": [
    {
      "label": "Evaluation of ranked retrieval results",
      "type": "canonicalSurvey",
      "url": "https://nlp.stanford.edu/IR-book/html/htmledition/evaluation-of-ranked-retrieval-results-1.html"
    }
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  "modifiedAt": "2026-09-14T06:43:46Z",
  "prefLabel": "Rank-Sensitive Metric",
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    "name": "Searchplex",
    "url": "https://searchplex.net/"
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  "scheme": "https://id.searchplex.net/scheme/",
  "scopeNote": "Rank-sensitive metrics distinguish systems that place relevant results earlier from systems that retrieve the same relevant items lower in the ranking. Examples include MRR, Average Precision, MAP, and nDCG.",
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