langchain/vectorstores/utils.py/maximal_marginal_relevance
def maximal_marginal_relevance(
    query_embedding: np.ndarray,
    embedding_list: list,
    lambda_mult: float = 0.5,
    k: int = 4,
) -> List[int]:
    """Calculate maximal marginal relevance."""
    if min(k, len(embedding_list)) <= 0:
        return []
    if query_embedding.ndim == 1:
        query_embedding = np.expand_dims(query_embedding, axis=0)
    similarity_to_query = cosine_similarity(query_embedding, embedding_list)[0]
    most_similar = int(np.argmax(similarity_to_query))
    idxs = [most_similar]
    selected = np.array([embedding_list[most_similar]])
    while len(idxs) < min(k, len(embedding_list)):
        best_score = -np.inf
        idx_to_add = -1
        similarity_to_selected = cosine_similarity(embedding_list, selected)
        for i, query_score in enumerate(similarity_to_query):
            if i in idxs:
                continue
            redundant_score = max(similarity_to_selected[i])
            equation_score = (
                lambda_mult * query_score - (1 - lambda_mult) * redundant_score
            )
            if equation_score > best_score:
                best_score = equation_score
                idx_to_add = i
        idxs.append(idx_to_add)
        selected = np.append(selected, [embedding_list[idx_to_add]], axis=0)
    return idxs