Chronological (Rule-Based)

Description

The Chronological policy ranks or scores items based on a specified timestamp feature associated with them. It allows sorting items from newest-to-oldest or oldest-to-newest. Useful for time-sensitive content like news feeds or event listings.

Policy Type: chronological Supports: scoring_policy

Configuration Example

scoring_policy_chronological.yaml

policy_configs:
  scoring_policy:
    policy_type: chronological
    time_col: "item_creation_timestamp" # Name of the feature column containing the relevant timestamp.
    ascending: false                   # Sort order: false = newest first (descending), true = oldest first (ascending).