Online Learning for Real‑Time Ranking in Alibaba's Home‑Decor Channel
The article details Alibaba’s end‑to‑end online‑learning pipeline for real‑time ranking in the Taobao home‑decor channel, covering UT log parsing, full‑feature extraction, ODL sample creation, xDeepCTR model training, and deployment, which yielded up to 7.8% CTR improvement and demonstrates the value of rapid model adaptation.
