Authority weighting
Adjusting retrieval scores using signals about source reputation or trust.
What Authority weighting means
The result inherits whatever assumptions and blind spots define “authority.”
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Questions about Authority weighting
What is Authority weighting?
Adjusting retrieval scores using signals about source reputation or trust.
Which area of the glossary does Authority weighting belong to?
Retrieval engineering: How pages become chunks, vectors and candidates inside an answer engine, and why being retrieved is not being cited.
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