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In an era dominated by information overload, effective recommender systems are essential for managing the deluge of data across digital platforms. Multi-stage cascade ranking systems are widely used in the industry, with retrieval and…

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Recommender systems have generated tremendous value for both users and businesses, drawing significant attention from academia and industry alike. However, due to practical constraints, academic research remains largely confined to offline…

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Ranking algorithms are fundamental to various online platforms across e-commerce sites to content streaming services. Our research addresses the challenge of adaptively ranking items from a candidate pool for heterogeneous users, a key…

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Online consumer reviews play a crucial role in guiding purchase decisions by offering insights into product quality, usability, and performance. However, the increasing volume of user-generated reviews has led to information overload,…

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Information retrieval (IR) is a pivotal component in various applications. Recent advances in machine learning (ML) have enabled the integration of ML algorithms into IR, particularly in ranking systems. While there is a plethora of…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-03-08 Ningfei Wang , Yupin Huang , Han Cheng , Jiri Gesi , Xiaojie Wang , Vivek Mittal

Recommender systems play a pivotal role in helping users navigate an overwhelming selection of products and services. On online platforms, users have the opportunity to share feedback in various modes, including numerical ratings, textual…

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Search is a prominent channel for discovering products on an e-commerce platform. Ranking products retrieved from search becomes crucial to address customer's need and optimize for business metrics. While learning to Rank (LETOR) models…

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Similar product recommendation is one of the most common scenes in e-commerce. Many recommendation algorithms such as item-to-item Collaborative Filtering are working on measuring item similarities. In this paper, we introduce our real-time…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Zhi Liu , Yan Huang , Jing Gao , Li Chen , Dong Li

In many online platforms, customers' decisions are substantially influenced by product rankings as most customers only examine a few top-ranked products. Concurrently, such platforms also use the same data corresponding to customers'…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-14 Negin Golrezaei , Vahideh Manshadi , Jon Schneider , Shreyas Sekar

With the increasing scale of search engine marketing, designing an efficient bidding system is becoming paramount for the success of e-commerce companies. The critical challenges faced by a modern industrial-level bidding system include: 1.…

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Business success in e-commerce depends on customer perceived value. A customer with high perceived value buys, returns, and recommends items. The perceived value is at risk whenever the information load harms users' shopping experience. In…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Franziska Scherpinski , Stefan Lessmann

Semantic relevance calculation is crucial for e-commerce search engines, as it ensures that the items selected closely align with customer intent. Inadequate attention to this aspect can detrimentally affect user experience and engagement.…

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E-commerce recommender systems are becoming increasingly important in the current digital world. They are used to personalize user experience, help customers find what they need quickly and efficiently, and increase revenue for the…

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E-commerce Search Results Pages (SRPs) are evolving from linear lists to complex, non-linear layouts, rendering traditional position-biased ranking models insufficient. Moreover, existing optimization frameworks typically maximize…

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A large-scale recommender system usually consists of recall and ranking modules. The goal of ranking modules (aka rankers) is to elaborately discriminate users' preference on item candidates proposed by recall modules. With the success of…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2022-05-24 Xinyan Fan , Jianxun Lian , Wayne Xin Zhao , Zheng Liu , Chaozhuo Li , Xing Xie

With the rapid evolution of the Internet and the exponential proliferation of information, users encounter information overload and the conundrum of choice. Personalized recommendation systems play a pivotal role in alleviating this burden…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-03-29 Kangming Xu , Huiming Zhou , Haotian Zheng , Mingwei Zhu , Qi Xin

The textile and apparel industries have grown tremendously over the last few years. Customers no longer have to visit many stores, stand in long queues, or try on garments in dressing rooms as millions of products are now available in…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Yashar Deldjoo , Fatemeh Nazary , Arnau Ramisa , Julian Mcauley , Giovanni Pellegrini , Alejandro Bellogin , Tommaso Di Noia

The item details page (IDP) is a web page on an e-commerce website that provides information on a specific product or item listing. Just below the details of the item on this page, the buyer can usually find recommendations for other…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2021-08-13 Chieh Lo , Hongliang Yu , Xin Yin , Krutika Shetty , Changchen He , Kathy Hu , Justin Platz , Adam Ilardi , Sriganesh Madhvanath

With the continuous development of machine learning technology, major e-commerce platforms have launched recommendation systems based on it to serve a large number of customers with different needs more efficiently. Compared with…

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