ElasticSearch：使用“ OR”运算符的搜索结果较差

Question

I'm currently using a multimatch query in ES with the "OR" operator. The problem I'm running into is that ES doesn't know which term is most important in a search query. When searching a list of businesses for

natural cat food

we can tell that cat is significantly more important to match on than natural , and would expect pet supply stores to come back.

But because natural is just as rare a word as cat , the Salon with "natural hair care products" is being returned with a similar score to the Pet Supply store that only has "cat" in their description.

If I switched to the "AND" operator, then nothing would be returned at all, though. So how do I get ES to figure out that cat is a more relevant word to match on than natural in this case?

Answer 1

You can use boosting in that case. Have a look here