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# Fast-Forward Indexes

This is the implementation of [Fast-Forward indexes](https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3485447.3511955).
We introduce a simple yet powerful vector forward index designed to enhance document ranking by combining lexical and semantic scores through interpolation called Fast Forward Indexes. Unlike traditional contextual re-rankers and dense indexes that rely on nearest neighbor search, Fast-Forward indexes leverage efficient sparse models for retrieval and pre-computed dense transformer-based vector representations. This approach allows for constant time lookup and fast CPU-based semantic similarity computation during query processing. Additionally, we propose innovative index pruning and early stopping techniques, grounded in theoretical foundations, to boost query processing throughput.

Based on our work published in [TheWebConf'22](https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3485447.3511955) and its extension in [TOIS 2024](https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3631939) we have demonstrated that Fast-Forward indexes outperform hybrid indexes in both performance and query processing efficiency using only CPUs.

Following is the implementation of [Fast-Forward indexes](https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3485447.3511955).

**Important**: As this library is still in its early stages, the API is subject to change!

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