Searchplex ID Retrieval terminology registry

Method

Score Fusion

Canonical ID https://id.searchplex.net/score-fusion/

A family of fusion methods that combine numerical scores produced by multiple retrieval or ranking systems.

Scope

Score fusion commonly requires normalization, calibration, weighting, or another way to make scores from different systems meaningfully combinable.

Related

Not equivalent to

  • Score Fusion is not Rank Fusion. Score fusion combines numerical scores; rank fusion combines rank positions or rank-derived evidence.
  • Score Fusion is not Reciprocal Rank Fusion. Reciprocal Rank Fusion is a rank-fusion method, not a score-fusion method.

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