Positional encoding is a fundamental component of Transformer-based generative recommendation models, where user histories are modeled as autoregressive item sequences. Most positional encoding methods are inherited from natural language processing and mainly represent discrete item order.
arXiv:2606. 14260v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Semantic IDs are crucial in generative recommendation, but with a fundamental limitation: temporal information is not well incorporated into semantic IDs.
By Dongdong Nian, Dongqi Fu, Chenliang Xu, Yinglong Xia, Hong Li, Hong Yan, Jian Kang
arXiv:2606. 11023v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Sequential recommendation aims to predict users' next interaction with items by analyzing their historical behavior.
By Yifan Li, Jiahong Liu, Xinni Zhang, Hao Chen, Yankai Chen, Wenhao Yu, Jianting Chen, Irwin King
Sequential recommendation aims to predict users' next interaction with items by analyzing their historical behavior. However, the limited quality of item representations remains a critical bottleneck.
arXiv:2604. 25834v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: With the rapid development of the Internet, users have increasingly higher expectations for the recommendation accuracy of online content consumption platforms.
By Wenhao Li, Zihan Lin, Zhengxiao Guo, Jie Zhou, Shukai Liu, Yongqi Liu, Chuan Luo, Chaoyi Ma, Ruiming Tang, Han Li
arXiv:2606. 01352v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Watch time has emerged as a pivotal metric for optimizing deep user engagement in short-video recommender systems.
By Hongxu Ma, Han Zhou, Chenghou Jin, Jie Zhang, Xiaoyu Yang, Chunjie Chen, Jihong Guan, Shuigeng Zhou