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How Ranking Systems Evolved: From Rules to LLM-Based Ranking

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I’ve been trying to build a simple mental model for how ranking systems evolved in Search & Recommendation. The progression I ended up with is: Rules → Learning-to-Rank → Deep Ranking → Transformers → Multi-Objective/Slate → Bandits/RL → LLM Ranking I wrote up the reasoning behind each wave, includ…

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