Elasticsearch Learning to Rank 1.0 RC1 Released
We reached a major milestone over the weekend! We released the first release candidate for version 1.0 of Elasticsearch Learning to Rank. While our partners Wikimedia and Snagajob are…
How is search different than other machine learning problems?
Learning to Rank turns search into a machine learning problem. In this article, I want to explore what makes search distinct from other machine learning problems. How does one…
Is Your Infrastructure Ready For Learning To Rank?
In previous articles, we introduced Learning to Rank (LTR) for Elasticsearch 1, 2, which uses machine learning to re-score the best documents in a query. On the surface, it…
Learning to Rank 101 — Linear Models
Many search nerds get an instinct they want to “learn the right boosts” to apply to their queries. Search often feels like whack-a-mole, and often folks say “if I…
What is Learning To Rank?
As an engineer, artificial intelligence (AI) is cool. Spaceships and science fiction cool. There has been a lot of attention around machine learning and artificial intelligence lately. Some of…
Learning What’s Relevant Without The Search
How Predictive Ranking using Elo’s System can be used to understand marketplace trends for re-ranking search results