tag:support.flying-sphinx.com,2011-01-05:/discussions/questions/40-what-is-the-relative-range-of-weights-when-ranking-resultsFlying Sphinx: Discussion 2016-08-11T01:37:13Ztag:support.flying-sphinx.com,2011-01-05:Comment/169916842012-06-30T00:45:03Z2012-07-01T02:28:24ZWhat is the relative range of weights when ranking results?<div><p>I am trying to add weights to a few models to give preference to
some over other when performing an application wide search. As far
as I understand, the default weight is 1.</p>
<p>Are the mean, median, max values known for result weights? It
would help to know a range within which I should be trying to
optimize the weighting.. <5, <100, <1000 etc?</p></div>Hemang Pateltag:support.flying-sphinx.com,2011-01-05:Comment/169916842012-07-01T02:32:43Z2012-07-01T02:32:43ZWhat is the relative range of weights when ranking results?<div><p>Most discussions seem to indicate a trial and error approach. I
am wondering if anyone has consistently used a particular
approach.</p></div>Hemang Pateltag:support.flying-sphinx.com,2011-01-05:Comment/169916842012-07-01T18:16:55Z2012-07-01T18:16:55ZWhat is the relative range of weights when ranking results?<div><p>Hi Hemang</p>
<p>You're correct with the default weight being 1. I don't think
Sphinx provides any information with what the mean/median/max
values for weights are - I generally take a trial and error
approach, especially with a set of test data.</p>
<p>It may be worth asking whether there's better approaches on the
Sphinx forum.<br>
<a href=
"http://sphinxsearch.com/forum/">http://sphinxsearch.com/forum/</a></p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Pat</p></div>Pat Allan