Category: Lucene
Articles tagged Lucene
MAXSCORE & block-max MAXSCORE: More skipping with block-max MAXSCORE
Learn about MAXSCORE, block-max MAXSCORE & WAND. Improve the MAXSCORE algorithm to evaluate disjunctive queries more like a conjunctive query.
Understanding fused multiply-add (FMA) within vector similarity computations in Lucene
Learn how to use fused multiply-add (FMA) within vector similarity computations in Lucene and discover how FMA can improve performance.
Understanding scalar quantization in Lucene
Explore how Elastic introduced scalar quantization into Lucene, including automatic byte quantization, quantization per segment & performance insights.
Scalar quantization 101
Understand what scalar quantization is, how it works and its benefits. This guide also covers the math behind quantization and examples.
Less merging and faster ingestion in Elasticsearch 8.11
Discover how Elasticsearch 8.11 improved its indexing buffer, resulting in less segment merging and faster ingestion.
Bringing maximum-inner-product into Lucene
Explore how we brought maximum-inner-product into Lucene and the investigations undertaken to ensure its support.
Adding passage vector search to Lucene
Here's how to add passage vectors to Lucene, the benefits of doing so and how existing Lucene structures can be used to create an efficient retrieval experience.
