# sparse-encoding

> Browse 1 item tagged with sparse-encoding.

## Items

- [Elastic Learned Sparse Encoder](https://vectordb.ever.works/items/elastic-learned-sparse-encoder) — Elasticsearch's learned sparse encoding model (ELSER) that combines the efficiency of traditional search with semantic understanding. Uses neural methods to expand documents and queries with related terms while maintaining sparse representations for efficient retrieval.

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