We propose a new model for supervised learning to rank. In our model, the relevance labels are assumed to follow a categorical distribution whose probabilities are constructed based on a scoring function. We optimize the training objective with respect to the multivariate categorical variables with an unbiased and low-…
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Listwise learning-to-rank methods form a powerful class of ranking algorithms that are widely adopted in applications such as information retrieval. These algorithms learn to rank a set of items by optimizing a loss that is a function of the entire set -- as a surrogate to a typically non-differentiable ranking metric.…
Proposes new listwise learning-to-rank models to address rating ties and document relevance.
problem Rating ties and document relevance in existing listwise learning-to-rank models.
method Models ranking as selecting documents from a candidate set based on unique rating levels. Uses a new loss function and adapted RNN model for refining prediction scores.
result Models notably outperform state-of-the-art learning-to-rank models on four public datasets.
For many internet businesses, presenting a given list of items in an order that maximizes a certain metric of interest (e.g., click-through-rate, average engagement time etc.) is crucial. We approach the aforementioned task from a learning-to-rank perspective which reveals a new problem setup. In traditional learning-t…
Efficiently calculates PL model likelihood for partitioned preference data.
problem Computational infeasibility of calculating PL model likelihood for partitioned preference data.
method Random utility model formulation and efficient numerical integration approach.
result Proposed method outperforms existing LTR baselines and scales to real-world tasks.
Learning to rank is a supervised learning problem where the output space is the space of rankings but the supervision space is the space of relevance scores. We make theoretical contributions to the learning to rank problem both in the online and batch settings. First, we propose a perceptron-like algorithm for learnin…
New algorithm predicts ranked stock lists for long-short portfolios.
problem Constructing effective long-short stock portfolios using machine learning.
method Proposes a new listwise learn-to-rank loss function to emphasize top and bottom of a rank list.
result Demonstrates superior performance in constructing long-short portfolios with a 38% annual return.
New algorithm improves asset ranking for better cross-sectional portfolios.
problem Sub-optimal ranking of assets in cross-sectional systematic strategies.
method Learning-to-rank algorithms to enhance portfolio construction.
result Modern machine learning ranking algorithms boost Sharpe Ratios by approximately threefold.
Proposes a method for explaining ranking decisions in learning systems.
problem Limited work on interpreting ranking decisions from learning systems.
method Model agnostic local explanation method using optimization to maximize validity.
result Approach outperforms other methods in validity across different LTR models.
Perceptron is a classic online algorithm for learning a classification function. In this paper, we provide a novel extension of the perceptron algorithm to the learning to rank problem in information retrieval. We consider popular listwise performance measures such as Normalized Discounted Cumulative Gain (NDCG) and Av…
JPLink uses machine learning to match jobs with RIASEC labels.
problem Matching jobs with RIASEC labels requires significant manual effort.
method JPLink uses text content and O*NET knowledge to assign RIASEC labels to jobs.
result JPLink outperforms conventional baselines in matching jobs with RIASEC labels.
In this paper, we propose a listwise approach for constructing user-specific rankings in recommendation systems in a collaborative fashion. We contrast the listwise approach to previous pointwise and pairwise approaches, which are based on treating either each rating or each pairwise comparison as an independent instan…
A new method for uplift modeling using learning-to-rank techniques.
problem Improving customer targeting in marketing and retention.
method Unified formalization of uplift measures, learning-to-rank with PCG metric, LambdaMART optimization.
result Improved results compared to standard learning-to-rank metrics and state-of-the-art uplift modeling.
The unevenness importance of criminal activities in the onion domains of the Tor Darknet and the different levels of their appeal to the end-user make them tangled to measure their influence. To this end, this paper presents a novel content-based ranking framework to detect the most influential onion domains. Our appro…
Proposes a deep learning model for timely and accurate recommendations.
problem Inability to provide timely recommendations and ranking issues with implicit feedback.
method Unified cross-network solution using listwise ranking for implicit data.
result Superior performance in accuracy, novelty, and diversity compared to baselines.
Sharp Capacity Thresholds in Linear Associative Memory: From Winner-Take-All to Listwise Retrievalstat.ML
Linear memory stores associations up to a logarithmic scale, but listwise retrieval can handle a quadratic scale.
problem How many key-value associations can a linear memory store?
method Analyzed linear memory models for top-1 and listwise retrieval, proving phase transitions and developing asymptotic theories.
result Linear memory has a logarithmic capacity for top-1 retrieval and a quadratic capacity for listwise retrieval.
This work transfers fairness notions from binary classification to learning to rank.
problem Fairness concerns in automated ranking systems.
method Formalism to incorporate fairness objectives in learning to rank with provable guarantees.
result Improves ranking fairness substantially with minimal loss in model quality.
In binary classification and regression problems, it is well understood that Lipschitz continuity and smoothness of the loss function play key roles in governing generalization error bounds for empirical risk minimization algorithms. In this paper, we show how these two properties affect generalization error bounds in …
Learning-to-rank techniques have proven to be extremely useful for prioritization problems, where we rank items in order of their estimated probabilities, and dedicate our limited resources to the top-ranked items. This work exposes a serious problem with the state of learning-to-rank algorithms, which is that they are…
We study the problem of learning to rank from multiple information sources. Though multi-view learning and learning to rank have been studied extensively leading to a wide range of applications, multi-view learning to rank as a synergy of both topics has received little attention. The aim of the paper is to propose a c…
We present an attention-based ranking framework for learning to order sentences given a paragraph. Our framework is built on a bidirectional sentence encoder and a self-attention based transformer network to obtain an input order invariant representation of paragraphs. Moreover, it allows seamless training using a vari…
A new learning-to-rank approach ensures fairness for item providers in dynamic ranking systems.
problem Myopically optimizing user utility can be unfair to item providers in two-sided markets.
method A controller that integrates unbiased estimators for fairness and utility, dynamically adapting as more data becomes available.
result Empirically, the algorithm is highly practical and robust, ensuring amortized group fairness.
Advances in collaborative filtering and ranking methods.
problem Improving recommendation systems efficiency and accuracy.
method Graph information encoding, pairwise and listwise approaches, regularization techniques, personalization.
result New methods significantly improve recommendation system performance.
Unified transformer-based LT-TTD improves ranking efficiency and quality.
problem Decoupled L1 and L2 models in recommendation and search systems cause irreversible error propagation and suboptimal ranking.
method LT-TTD combines two-tower models with transformer expressivity in a unified listwise learning framework, providing theoretical guarantees and UPQE evaluation.
result LT-TTD reduces irretrievable relevant items and achieves better global optimization than disjoint training.
Paper introduces GAMs for interpretable learning-to-rank models.
problem Need for transparent ranking models in legal or policy scenarios.
method Developed generalized additive models (GAMs) for ranking tasks using neural networks.
result Neural ranking GAMs achieve better performance than traditional GAMs while maintaining interpretability.
We introduce Neural Choice by Elimination, a new framework that integrates deep neural networks into probabilistic sequential choice models for learning to rank. Given a set of items to chose from, the elimination strategy starts with the whole item set and iteratively eliminates the least worthy item in the remaining …
We consider the link prediction problem in a partially observed network, where the objective is to make predictions in the unobserved portion of the network. Many existing methods reduce link prediction to binary classification problem. However, the dominance of absent links in real world networks makes misclassificati…
List-wise learning to rank methods are considered to be the state-of-the-art. One of the major problems with these methods is that the ambiguous nature of relevance labels in learning to rank data is ignored. Ambiguity of relevance labels refers to the phenomenon that multiple documents may be assigned the same relevan…
Enhancing Cross-Sectional Currency Strategies by Context-Aware Learning to Rank with Self-Attentionq-fin.PM
Enhances currency strategy Sharpe ratio by 30% using context-aware Learning to Rank.
problem Sub-optimal ranking of assets during critical market periods.
method Context-aware Learning to Rank model based on Transformer architecture.
result Significantly improves Sharpe ratio and various performance metrics.
We present a pairwise learning to rank approach based on a neural net, called DirectRanker, that generalizes the RankNet architecture. We show mathematically that our model is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive allowing for simplified training and improved performance. Experimental results on the LETOR MSLR-WEB10…
We propose a new learning to rank algorithm, named Weighted Margin-Rank Batch loss (WMRB), to extend the popular Weighted Approximate-Rank Pairwise loss (WARP). WMRB uses a new rank estimator and an efficient batch training algorithm. The approach allows more accurate item rank approximation and explicit utilization of…
Online learning to rank is a core problem in information retrieval and machine learning. Many provably efficient algorithms have been recently proposed for this problem in specific click models. The click model is a model of how the user interacts with a list of documents. Though these results are significant, their im…
A new method, VIF, calculates influence for non-decomposable losses efficiently.
problem Efficiently calculating influence for complex machine learning models with non-decomposable losses.
method Revisiting influence function from robust statistics, proposing Versatile Influence Function (VIF) for any non-decomposable loss.
result VIF method is up to 10^3 times faster than brute-force methods and closely matches influence results.
How to Put Users in Control of their Data in Federated Top-N Recommendation with Learning to Rankcs.LG
FPL allows users to control their data in federated top-N recommendation.
problem Data privacy in recommendation services.
method Federated Learning with learning to rank optimization.
result Users can control the amount of sensitive data shared with a central server.
Selecting the right drugs for the right patients is a primary goal of precision medicine. In this manuscript, we consider the problem of cancer drug selection in a learning-to-rank framework. We have formulated the cancer drug selection problem as to accurately predicting 1). the ranking positions of sensitive drugs an…
For massive and heterogeneous modern datasets, it is of fundamental interest to provide guarantees on the accuracy of estimation when computational resources are limited. In the application of learning to rank, we provide a hierarchy of rank-breaking mechanisms ordered by the complexity in thus generated sketch of the …
Algorithm learns diverse rankings for search engines.
problem Designing algorithms for search engines to rank diverse items.
method LDR (Learning Diverse Rankings) algorithm, efficient learning based on users' feedback.
result Algorithm achieves optimal ranking performance with regret.
Hashing, or learning binary embeddings of data, is frequently used in nearest neighbor retrieval. In this paper, we develop learning to rank formulations for hashing, aimed at directly optimizing ranking-based evaluation metrics such as Average Precision (AP) and Normalized Discounted Cumulative Gain (NDCG). We first o…
Evaluates explanations of LTR models using decision paths and compares their accuracy.
problem Challenges in evaluating local explanations of LTR models due to lack of ground truth feature importance scores.
method Focuses on tree-based LTR models, extracts ground truth feature importance scores using decision paths, and compares them with explanation techniques.
result Explanation accuracy varies depending on the model and data point.
Learning to rank is an important problem in machine learning and recommender systems. In a recommender system, a user is typically recommended a list of items. Since the user is unlikely to examine the entire recommended list, partial feedback arises naturally. At the same time, diverse recommendations are important be…
Refines online learning to rank algorithm with tighter bounds.
problem Online learning to rank in machine learning.
method Utilized method of mixtures and asymptotic expansions to refine inequalities.
result Improved algorithm and performance estimation.
This paper addresses the general problem of modelling and learning rank data with ties. We propose a probabilistic generative model, that models the process as permutations over partitions. This results in super-exponential combinatorial state space with unknown numbers of partitions and unknown ordering among them. We…
Improved unsupervised probing for ranking tasks using Contrast-Consistent Ranking.
problem Improving self-consistency in language model rankings.
method Adapting Contrast-Consistent Search (CCS) to Contrast-Consistent Ranking (CCR) for ranking tasks.
result CCR probing outperforms prompting techniques across different models and datasets.
SetRank tackles collaborative ranking from implicit feedback using setwise Bayesian approach.
problem Challenges in pairwise and listwise approaches for implicit feedback.
method SetRank is a novel setwise Bayesian approach that accommodates implicit feedback characteristics.
result SetRank outperforms state-of-the-art baselines on real-world datasets.
New method optimizes resource allocation for uncertain tasks.
problem Optimal resource allocation for uncertain tasks with limited capacity.
method Formulated as an assignment problem, optimized using learning to rank with net discounted cumulative gain.
result Achieves higher expected profit and precision compared to classification methods.
DCN V2: Improved Deep & Cross Network and Practical Lessons for Web-scale Learning to Rank Systemscs.IR
DCN-V2 improves deep & cross network for web-scale learning to rank systems.
problem Efficiently learning feature interactions in large-scale recommender systems.
method Proposes DCN-V2, an improved framework for deep & cross network learning.
result DCN-V2 outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms on benchmark datasets.
The influence of missing data mechanisms and simple missing data handling techniques on fairnessstat.ML
Study on missing data mechanisms and simple imputation methods in fairness of machine learning algorithms.
problem Impact of missing data mechanisms and simple imputation methods on fairness of machine learning algorithms.
method Three popular datasets for classification fairness were used. Missing values were generated using three missing data mechanisms. Various missing data handling techniques (listwise deletion, mean imputation, mode imputation, multiple imputation) were applied to the datasets. Fairness was assessed using classification algorithms (random forests).
result Missing data mechanism does not significantly impact fairness; listwise deletion gives highest fairness on average.
New ranking algorithms improve online content delivery by learning from click data.
problem Bias in ranking systems due to production system biases.
method Proposed novel extensions of LinUCB and Linear Thompson Sampling algorithms to handle position-based click model.
result Validated the proposed algorithms through offline and online experiments.