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Ensemble predictor

US11687603B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Weiwei Deng · Beijing, CN
Xiaoliang Ling · Beijing, CN
Feng Sun · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 29, 2016
Grant date	Jun 27, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 4, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06N20/20
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for configuring and training an ensemble predictor for click probability of content on search engine results pages. In an aspect, a first stage machine learning algorithm, such as a neural network, is trained using a first training data set. The output of the trained first stage algorithm may be coupled to a second stage machine learning algorithm to form an ensemble predictor. In another aspect, the ensemble predictor is trained using a second training data set, using the output of the first stage algorithm to initialize a priori settings of the second stage algorithm.

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