apache / apache/lucene

Distance boost added to Suggester [LUCENE-4450]

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Description

A common Suggester use case is to boost the results by closest (auto suggest the whole USA but boost the results in the suggester by geodistance). Would love to get faster response with that. At the Lucene Revolution 2012 in Boston a speaker did discuss using WFST to do this, but I have yet to figure out how to do it).

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Migrated from [LUCENE-4450](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-4450) by Bill Bell, updated Oct 18 2012
Linked issues:
- #4915

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Research direction

Start by reading the Suggester implementation and linked issue #4915 to understand the existing design. Then investigate the WFST approach mentioned in the issue and determine how distance-based boosting could meet the requested faster-response goal; done should include a defined implementation and validation path.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
backend, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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