[docs]    def max_marginal_relevance_search_by_vector(
        self,
        embedding: List[float],
        k: int = 4,
        fetch_k: int = 20,
        lambda_mult: float = 0.5,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> List[Document]:
        """Return docs selected using the maximal marginal relevance.
        Maximal marginal relevance optimizes for similarity to query AND diversity
        among selected documents.
        Args:
            embedding: Embedding to look up documents similar to.
            k: Number of Documents to return. Defaults to 4.
            fetch_k: Number of Documents to fetch to pass to MMR algorithm.
            lambda_mult: Number between 0 and 1 that determines the degree
                        of diversity among the results with 0 corresponding
                        to maximum diversity and 1 to minimum diversity.
                        Defaults to 0.5.
        Returns:
            List of Documents selected by maximal marginal relevance.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError
[docs]    async def amax_marginal_relevance_search_by_vector(
        self,
        embedding: List[float],
        k: int = 4,
        fetch_k: int = 20,
        lambda_mult: float = 0.5,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> List[Document]:
        """Return docs selected using the maximal marginal relevance."""
        raise NotImplementedError
[docs]    @classmethod
    def from_documents(
        cls: Type[VST],
        documents: List[Document],
        embedding: Embeddings,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> VST:
        """Return VectorStore initialized from documents and embeddings."""
        texts = [d.page_content for d in documents]
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