RANKING SPECIALIZATION FOR A SEARCH
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1. A method comprising:
- electronically identifying a plurality of ranking-sensitive query topics; and
concurrently training a plurality of ranking functions associated with said plurality of ranking-sensitive query topics based, at least in part, on an application of a loss function, wherein at least one ranking function of said plurality of ranking functions corresponds to at least one ranking-sensitive query topic.
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Abstract
Example methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be used to provide or otherwise support one or more ranking specialization techniques for use with search engine information management systems.
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1. A method comprising:
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electronically identifying a plurality of ranking-sensitive query topics; and concurrently training a plurality of ranking functions associated with said plurality of ranking-sensitive query topics based, at least in part, on an application of a loss function, wherein at least one ranking function of said plurality of ranking functions corresponds to at least one ranking-sensitive query topic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
electronically calculating, using at least one ranking function corresponding to at least one ranking-sensitive query topic, a relevance score for one or more documents received in response to digital signals representing a query based, at least in part, on a measure of correlation between said at least one ranking-sensitive query topic and said query. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An article comprising:
a storage medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a special purpose computing platform to; electronically identify a plurality of ranking-sensitive query topics; and concurrently train a plurality of ranking functions associated with said plurality of ranking-sensitive query topics based, at least in part, on an application of a loss function, wherein at least one ranking function of said plurality of ranking functions corresponds to at least one ranking-sensitive query topic. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. An article comprising:
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a storage medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a special purpose computing platform to; electronically calculate, using at least one ranking function corresponding to at least one ranking-sensitive query topic, a relevance score for one or more documents received in response to digital signals representing a query based, at least in part, on a measure of correlation between said at least one ranking-sensitive query topic and said query. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
a computing platform enabled to; electronically identify a plurality of ranking-sensitive query topics; and concurrently train a plurality of ranking functions associated with said plurality of ranking-sensitive query topics based, at least in part, on an application of a loss function, wherein at least one ranking function of said plurality of ranking functions corresponds to at least one ranking-sensitive query topic. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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