# Overview
The Normalized Discounted Cumulative Gain (NDCG) is... #flashcard
Discounts relevance by log-rank; good all-rounder.
- Intuition: "How well are the most relevant items ranked at the top?"
- Calculation: Sum the relevance scores of results, discounted by position (items lower in the ranking contribute less), then normalize by the "ideal" ranking
- Higher positions matter much more than lower ones
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