2 papers
cs.IR2025
MTMD: A Multi-Task Multi-Domain Framework for Unified Ad Lightweight Ranking at Pinterest
Xiao Yang, Peifeng Yin, Abe Engle +2
The lightweight ad ranking layer, living after the retrieval stage and before the fine ranker, plays a critical role in the success of a cascaded ad recommendation system. Due to t…
cs.LG2025
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Ranking Utility Tuning in the Ad Recommender System at Pinterest
Xiao Yang, Mehdi Ben Ayed, Longyu Zhao +8
The ranking utility function in an ad recommender system, which linearly combines predictions of various business goals, plays a central role in balancing values across the platfor…