Learning Better Reasoning for Generative Recommendation with Semantic IDs

The paper introduces Evo-Rec, a three‑stage framework that improves generative recommendation by learning better reasoning traces for Semantic ID (SID) generation. First, it aligns SIDs with textual and behavioral contexts; second, it samples and selects reasoning traces that improve ground‑truth item prediction via supervised fine‑tuning; third, it refines the reasoning policy with reinforcement learning using catalog‑constrained generation and ranking‑aware feedback. Experiments on three Amazon Review datasets show Evo‑Rec consistently outperforms discriminative, generative, and other reasoning‑enhanced recommenders across all metrics.

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• reinforcement-learning
• fine-tuning
• benchmarks