## Uses of Class
org.apache.lucene.search.similarities.Distribution

- Packages that use Distribution
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  org.apache.lucene.search.similarities | This package contains the various ranking models that can be used in Lucene.

- - ### Uses of Distribution in org.apache.lucene.search.similarities

    Subclasses of Distribution in org.apache.lucene.search.similarities
    Modifier and Type | Class | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `class` | `DistributionLL` | Log-logistic distribution.
    `class` | `DistributionSPL` | The smoothed power-law (SPL) distribution for the information-based framework that is described in the original paper.

    Fields in org.apache.lucene.search.similarities declared as Distribution
    Modifier and Type | Field | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `protected Distribution` | IBSimilarity.`distribution` | The probabilistic distribution used to model term occurrence.

    Methods in org.apache.lucene.search.similarities that return Distribution
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `Distribution` | IBSimilarity.`getDistribution()` | Returns the distribution

    Constructors in org.apache.lucene.search.similarities with parameters of type Distribution
    Constructor | Description
    --- | ---
    `IBSimilarity​(Distribution distribution, Lambda lambda, Normalization normalization)` | Creates IBSimilarity from the three components.