Retrieval & Search

Maximal Marginal Relevance

Maximal Marginal Relevance selects results by balancing relevance to a query against redundancy with results already selected. A common objective is (lambda * relevance) - ((1 - lambda) * maximum similarity to selected material). It is a particular selection rule, not another name for all reranking.

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