Method

WAND

Canonical ID https://id.searchplex.net/wand/

A dynamic-pruning query-evaluation method that uses upper bounds on potential scores to avoid fully evaluating candidates that cannot enter the current top-k result set.

Scope

WAND is an algorithmic concept. Product operators named after WAND may implement specific variants or expose different guarantees.

Broader

Related

Not equivalent to

  • WAND is not weakAnd. WAND is an algorithmic dynamic-pruning method; weakAnd is a product-specific Vespa query operator.

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