Selecting score improvements
US9152714B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9538
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting score improvements. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining search query data, each search query being associated user selection data that identifies which search results were selected by users; obtaining a plurality of score improvement lists, each score improvement list being an ordered list of adjusters, wherein the adjusters are serially applied to initial scores of a group of search results to determine a final scoring of the search results; testing the plurality of score improvement lists comprising: iteratively selecting pairs of score improvement lists from a pool of score improvement lists, and determining, for each pair of score improvement lists, a winning score improvement list and a losing score improvement list based on the search query data, repeating testing until ending criteria are reached; and selecting one or more score improvement lists.
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