CASTLE: training natural language search before the first real query
How we addressed the cold-start problem for Airbnb’s natural language search by jointly generating synthetic training data — queries and relevance labels — from de-identified booking and search signals.By: Wendy Ran Wei, Hao Li, Weiwei Guo, Xiaowei Liu, Xueyin Chen, Chun How Tan, Malay Haldar, Soumyadip Banerjee, Kedar Bellare, Huiji Gao, Sanjeev Katariya, and Stephanie MoyermanIntroductionNatural language search lets guests express intent in their own words, such as “romantic cabin near skiing” or “pet-friendly beach house that sleeps eight,” rather than navigating filters and categories. We needed to introduce this kind of search for Airbnb, and to have it work well from the start. Howeve…
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