{
  "definition": "A family of fusion methods that combine numerical scores produced by multiple retrieval or ranking systems.",
  "id": "score-fusion",
  "kind": "Method",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "modifiedAt": "2026-09-12T21:39:00Z",
  "prefLabel": "Score Fusion",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Searchplex",
    "url": "https://searchplex.net/"
  },
  "relations": [
    {
      "note": "Score fusion combines numerical scores; rank fusion combines rank positions or rank-derived evidence.",
      "target": "rank-fusion",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "note": "Reciprocal Rank Fusion is a rank-fusion method, not a score-fusion method.",
      "target": "reciprocal-rank-fusion",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "target": "hybrid-retrieval",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "rank-fusion",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "result-fusion",
      "type": "related"
    }
  ],
  "representations": {
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    "json": "https://id.searchplex.net/score-fusion.json",
    "jsonld": "https://id.searchplex.net/score-fusion.jsonld"
  },
  "scheme": "https://id.searchplex.net/scheme/",
  "scopeNote": "Score fusion commonly requires normalization, calibration, weighting, or another way to make scores from different systems meaningfully combinable.",
  "status": "published",
  "uri": "https://id.searchplex.net/score-fusion/"
}