Search Precision and Recall By Example
The following is an excerpt from our upcoming book Relevant Search from a chapter written by OSC alum John Berryman. Use discount code turnbullmu to get 38% off! Precision…
The following is an excerpt from our upcoming book Relevant Search from a chapter written by OSC alum John Berryman. Use discount code turnbullmu to get 38% off! Precision…
Hello Cville Tech Friends! \n\n You are in an exclusive group. Thats right, if you are reading this blog post, then you are one of the select few who…
When learning a new technology its best to have a toy problem in mind so that youre not just reimplementing another glorified “Hello World” project. Also, if you need…
One of my clients has some pretty heavy-duty requirements for boosting functions. Its actually right on the boundary of what I think is appropriate for Solr. BUT, while I…
In our last post, we found out how simple it is to use Cassandra to estimate ad conversion. Its easy, because effectively all you have to do is accumulate…
Dont let anybody fool you; a good bit of what a data scientist does is a glorified form of counting. And if you had a few billion fingers, you…
In earlier posts, weve talked about matrix methods to tweezing out semantics. Heres another quick idea for that can be used for term sense disambiguation. Steps Index all of…
There is a very common need for multi-term synonyms. Weve actually run across several use cases among our recent clients. Consider the following examples: Ecommerce: If a customer searches…
Just in case youre interested, Id like to add 6ish more speaking engagements to the list of speakers were taking to Dublin this November. Database History from Codd to…
A wolf in sheeps clothing Wow, so apparently the Reddit community has outed (and as of 15 minutes ago, ousted) colleague Doug Turnbull as the vile spammer that he…
Building upon earlier work with semantic search, OpenSource Connections is excited to unveil exciting new possibilities with Solr-based product recommendation. With this technology, it is now possible to serve…
Youve got a problem: You have 1 buzzillion documents that must all be classified. Naturally, tagging them by hand is completely infeasible. However you are fortunate enough to have…