DETERMINING HOST PREFERENCES FOR ACCOMMODATION LISTINGS

摘要

Methods and systems for determining the preferences of hosts offering accommodations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an online booking system models the preferences of hosts based on statistical relationships between features of previously received accommodation reservation requests and the acceptance of those reservation requests by the hosts. In particular, the system classifies reservation requests based on several features—a reservation request either possesses a feature or does not possess a feature. The preference of a host for a particular request feature is modeled based on the relationship between the reservation requests that possess the feature and the reservation requests that are accepted by the host.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
identifying a plurality of listings having at least one common attribute, each listing associated with a host; determining a set of reservation requests received for the plurality of listings, each reservation request for a listing having previously been accepted or rejected by the host associated with the listing; determining a cluster preference value for a request feature based on a number of the set of reservation requests that were accepted and a number of the set of reservation requests that possess the request feature; for a first listing in the plurality of listings,
determining based on the cluster preference value a listing-specific preference value for the request feature;generating, using a computing device, a preference model based on the listing-specific preference value, the preference model identifying a relationship between the request feature and a reservation request for the first listing being accepted or rejected by a first host associated with the first listing; andapplying the preference model to a prospective reservation request for the first listing to compute a probability that the prospective reservation request will be accepted by the first host.