What is the mean average precision (MAP)?

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What is the mean average precision (MAP)?

Mean Average Precision (MAP) is a metric used to evaluate the performance of an information retrieval system. It measures the average precision at different recall levels and then calculates the mean of these average precision values. MAP takes into account both the precision and recall of the system, providing a single value that represents the overall effectiveness of the retrieval system. It is commonly used in tasks such as document ranking and recommendation systems.