2 papers
cs.IR2025
Harnessing the Power of Interleaving and Counterfactual Evaluation for Airbnb Search Ranking
Qing Zhang, Alex Deng, Michelle Du +3
Evaluation plays a crucial role in the development of ranking algorithms on search and recommender systems. It enables online platforms to create user-friendly features that drive…
cs.IR2024
Transforming Location Retrieval at Airbnb: A Journey from Heuristics to Reinforcement Learning
Dillon Davis, Huiji Gao, Thomas Legrand +6
The Airbnb search system grapples with many unique challenges as it continues to evolve. We oversee a marketplace that is nuanced by geography, diversity of homes, and guests with…