Architecture

Reranking

Reranking is the second selection pass, where the system lifts the best-fitting options to the top of an already retrieved set.

How to use the term

What to read alongside

This term is worth reading together with the neighbouring concepts in its section and the Gravity AI launch scenarios it belongs to.

Glossary section

The architecture patterns behind search by meaning, answers grounded in store data and the quality of the top results in the list.

What it is

A practical definition

Reranking is the second selection pass, where the system lifts the best-fitting options to the top of an already retrieved set.

Example in ecommerce

After the first retrieval step the assistant can reorder results so the products that match both the request and the business rules come first.

Business impact

Raises the quality of the top positions, which drives CTR, product page visits and the odds of a purchase.

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