ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity (Lucene 9.10.0 core API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity.DotProduct, ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity.Euclidean, ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity.MaximumInnerProduct
```
public interface ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity
```
Calculates and adjust the scores correctly for quantized vectors given the scalar quantization parameters

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static class`	`ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity.DotProduct`	Calculates dot product on quantized vectors, applying the appropriate corrections
`static class`	`ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity.Euclidean`	Calculates euclidean distance on quantized vectors, applying the appropriate corrections
`static class`	`ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity.MaximumInnerProduct`	Calculates max inner product on quantized vectors, applying the appropriate corrections

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity`	`fromVectorSimilarity(VectorSimilarityFunction sim, float constMultiplier)`	Creates a `ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity` from a `VectorSimilarityFunction` and the constant multiplier used for quantization.
`float`	`score(byte[] queryVector, float queryVectorOffset, byte[] storedVector, float vectorOffset)`

- Method Detail
  - fromVectorSimilarity
```
static ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity fromVectorSimilarity(VectorSimilarityFunction sim,
                                                            float constMultiplier)
```
    Creates a ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity from a VectorSimilarityFunction and the constant multiplier used for quantization.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sim - similarity function
    
    constMultiplier - constant multiplier used for quantization
    
    Returns:
    
    a ScalarQuantizedVectorSimilarity that applies the appropriate corrections
  - score
```
float score(byte[] queryVector,
            float queryVectorOffset,
            byte[] storedVector,
            float vectorOffset)
```