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

Packages that use Distribution
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
`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
`protected Distribution` IBSimilarity.`distribution` The probabilistic distribution used to model term occurrence.

Methods in org.apache.lucene.search.similarities that return Distribution
`Distribution` IBSimilarity.`getDistribution()` Returns the distribution

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