Learning to rank (LTR from now on) is the application of machine learning techniques, typically supervised, in the formulation of ranking models for information retrieval systems.
With LTR becoming more and more popular (Apache Solr supports it from Jan 2017), organisations struggle with the problem of how to collect and structure relevance signals necessary to train their ranking models.
This talk is a technical guide to explore and master various techniques to generate your training set(s) correctly and efficiently.
Expect to learn how to :
– model and collect the necessary feedback from the users (implicit or explicit)
– calculate for each training sample a relevance label which is meaningful and not ambiguous (Click Through Rate, Sales Rate …)
– transform the raw data collected in an effective training set (in the numerical vector format most of the LTR training library expect)
Join us as we explore real world scenarios and dos and don’ts from the e-commerce industry.