arXiv:2606. 04387v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Sales lead conversion in high-stakes domains (e.
By Chenyu Zhang, Yiwen Liu, Yin Sun, Xinyuan Zhang, Yuji Cao, Junming Jiao, Juyi Qiao
arXiv:2506. 06989v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Learning-to-rank (LTR) systems commonly depend on implicit feedback, such as user clicks, because it is easy to collect and can serve as a valuable signal of user preferences.
By Md Aminul Islam, Kathryn Vasilaky, Elena Zheleva
arXiv:2606. 08480v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) presents a promising avenue for enhancing generative recommendation beyond supervised imitation, leveraging reward signals to guide policy improvement.
By Kewei Xu, Junbo Qi, Yanyan Zou, Pengfei Zhang, Xingzhi Yao, Shengjie Li
arXiv:2606. 26787v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Traditional dynamic pricing models in large-scale e-commerce suffer from limited interpretability, poor utilization of unstructured information, and misalignment with long-term business objectives such as cumulative Gross Merchandise Value (GMV), Return on Investment (ROI) and milestone achievement.
By Chennan Ma, Yanning Zhang, Siqi Hong, Xiuchong Wang, Fei Xiao, Keping Yang
arXiv:2608. 11560v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Personalizing marketing messages with contextual multi-armed bandits (CMABs) drives real business value, yet the objective that ultimately matters - a downstream conversion - is observed only weeks later, too late to drive online learning.
By Sang Su Lee, Vineeth Loganathan, Shishir Dash, Vijay Raghavan
Personalizing marketing messages with contextual multi-armed bandits (CMABs) drives real business value, yet the objective that ultimately matters - a downstream conversion - is observed only weeks later, too late to drive online learning. Teams therefore train the bandit on a fast proxy reward, and separately must judge whether a contextual bandit is worth its complexity over sending one best message.