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Vector quantization auto-calibration

Elasticsearch picks vector quantization parameters for each segment instead of asking you to tune them. These posts cover the recall model, the merge-time sweep, and the cost model behind it.

How Elasticsearch auto-tunes vector quantization to hit your recall target
Elasticsearch Labs

How Elasticsearch auto-tunes vector quantization to hit your recall target

Learn the geometric model that lets Elasticsearch predict recall with R² > 0.98 accuracy and auto-select vector quantization parameters from a small data sample.

Thomas Veasey
17% faster search, zero config: auto-calibrating vector quantization in Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch Labs

17% faster search, zero config: auto-calibrating vector quantization in Elasticsearch

Automatic calibration at merge time picks vector quantization parameters for each segment by predicting recall from a small sample. Here's how we built it into Elasticsearch's merge path.

Tommaso Teofili