What is the vector space model?

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What is the vector space model?

The vector space model is a mathematical model used in information retrieval to represent documents and queries as vectors in a high-dimensional space. In this model, each term in the document or query is represented as a dimension, and the value of each dimension represents the importance or frequency of that term in the document or query. The vector space model allows for similarity calculations between documents and queries, enabling the ranking of documents based on their relevance to a given query.