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BM25

BM25 is a widely used ranking function for keyword search that scores documents by query term frequency and rarity, while adjusting for document length and limiting the effect of repeated terms.

BM25 sits in the Retrieval & memory part of the Agentik {OS} glossary, which defines the words used to build and run AI agent systems.

Also called Okapi BM25, best matching 25.