The study finds that Chinese internet users have different search behaviors and attention patterns.
problem Heterogeneity in search behavior and attention among Chinese internet users.
method Data extraction technology to analyze Baidu Index keyword search volume data.
result Chinese internet users exhibit different search behaviors and attention patterns.
SIM models user interests from long sequential behavior data, improving click-through rate prediction.
problem Challenges in capturing user interests with long user behavior sequences.
method SIM uses a cascaded search paradigm with two units: General Search Unit and Exact Search Unit.
result SIM achieves significant CTR and RPM lifts in Alibaba's display advertising system.
Proposes a new model to capture joint influence of correlated events on user search behavior.
problem Real-world events influence each other and pose joint influence on user search behavior, not independent.
method Joint Influence Model based on Multivariate Hawkes Process.
result The model captures the temporal dynamics of joint influence and outperforms baseline methods.
Despite the growing importance of multilingual aspect of web search, no appropriate offline metrics to evaluate its quality are proposed so far. At the same time, personal language preferences can be regarded as intents of a query. This approach translates the multilingual search problem into a particular task of searc…
Paper addresses bias in search intent affecting click behavior.
problem Bias in user search intent affects click behavior and relevance.
method Proposes a search intent bias hypothesis to improve click models.
result Click models can better interpret user clicks and improve retrieval performance.
KFAtt improves CTR prediction by modeling user behavior with Kalman filtering attention.
problem Improving CTR prediction in personalized e-commerce search engines.
method KFAtt combines Kalman filtering with attention mechanisms to model user behavior.
result KFAtt outperforms existing methods in CTR prediction, achieving better performance in both offline and online settings.
In the 'Big Data' era, many real-world applications like search involve the ranking problem for a large number of items. It is important to obtain effective ranking results and at the same time obtain the results efficiently in a timely manner for providing good user experience and saving computational costs. Valuable …
This work recommends personalized search stories to users based on their interests.
problem Personalized search story recommendation within search engines.
method Deep reinforcement learning architecture trained by imitation learning and reinforcement learning.
result Empirically demonstrated effectiveness on real-world data sets.
The paper develops personalized DAG models for web user behavior.
problem Understanding user behavior transitions between websites with user heterogeneity and network dependency.
method Personalized Binomial DAG models with network-structured covariates, embedding network structure into a dimension-reduced covariate, learning node neighborhoods, and exploring variance-mean relation.
result The proposed algorithm outperforms state-of-the-art competitors in heterogeneous data.
Tasks such as search and recommendation have become increas- ingly important for E-commerce to deal with the information over- load problem. To meet the diverse needs of di erent users, person- alization plays an important role. In many large portals such as Taobao and Amazon, there are a bunch of di erent types of sea…
DMGE learns cross-domain user behavior embeddings using multi-graphs and GNNs.
problem Data sparsity in learning large-scale item embedding from individual domain data.
method Construct multi-graphs from users' behaviors across domains, use multi-graph neural networks to learn cross-domain representation.
result DMGE outperforms state-of-the-art embedding methods in various tasks.
Click-through rate (CTR) is a key signal of relevance for search engine results, both organic and sponsored. CTR of a result has two core components: (a) the probability of examination of a result by a user, and (b) the perceived relevance of the result given that it has been examined by the user. There has been consid…
Traditional approaches to ranking in web search follow the paradigm of rank-by-score: a learned function gives each query-URL combination an absolute score and URLs are ranked according to this score. This paradigm ensures that if the score of one URL is better than another then one will always be ranked higher than th…
Seeker allows real-time feedback to refine search results.
problem Users struggle to accurately describe desired items in words.
method Interactive refinement of search results through user feedback.
result Seeker improves search quality through user feedback.
We live in a computerized and networked society where many of our actions leave a digital trace and affect other people's actions. This has lead to the emergence of a new data-driven research field: mathematical methods of computer science, statistical physics and sociometry provide insights on a wide range of discipli…
Search queries are appropriate when users have explicit intent, but they perform poorly when the intent is difficult to express or if the user is simply looking to be inspired. Visual browsing systems allow e-commerce platforms to address these scenarios while offering the user an engaging shopping experience. Here we …
This paper introduces a new system for discovering patterns in morphogenetic systems using modular architecture and unsupervised learning.
problem Discovering novel patterns in morphogenetic systems is challenging and often relies on manual tuning.
method Introduces a hierarchical, modular architecture for unsupervised learning of diverse representations combined with goal exploration algorithms.
result The new system efficiently adapts diversity search towards user preferences with minimal feedback.
ATMSeer improves AutoML by making it more transparent and controllable.
problem Users distrust automatic AutoML results and increase search budgets.
method Interactive visualization tool to refine search space and analyze results.
result ATMSeer enhances efficiency and user trust in AutoML.
SessionPath improves category suggestions in type-ahead search.
problem Improving precision and recall in eCommerce type-ahead suggestions.
method SessionPath uses session embeddings and a probability distribution model to predict facets.
result SessionPath outperforms count-based and neural models in eCommerce shops.
GAMA is a user-friendly AutoML system for machine learning pipeline optimization.
problem Empowering users to control and optimize machine learning pipelines.
method Modular AutoML system with three search algorithms and two post-processing steps.
result GAMA allows users to track and control the search process for optimal machine learning pipelines.
Modeling incentives for content creators on algorithm-curated platforms.
problem Maximizing exposure for content creators on algorithmic platforms.
method Formalized exposure game model, proving effects of algorithmic choices on equilibria, proposing tools for finding equilibria.
result Algorithmic choices significantly affect content exposure and creator behavior.
Optimizing an interactive system against a predefined online metric is particularly challenging, when the metric is computed from user feedback such as clicks and payments. The key challenge is the counterfactual nature: in the case of Web search, any change to a component of the search engine may result in a different…
Paper models MOOC users behavior using MDP for easier classification.
problem Difficulty in defining and classifying MOOC users based on their behavior.
method Uses Markov Decision Process (MDP) to model user behavior from log data.
result Classifies users based on their intentions inferred from MDP rewards.
Survey visual analytics methods for detecting anomalous user behaviors.
problem Understanding and detecting anomalous user behaviors in various domains.
method Survey and classification of visual analytics methods in four categories.
result Discussion of findings and potential research directions.
Visual reranking is effective to improve the performance of the text-based video search. However, existing reranking algorithms can only achieve limited improvement because of the well-known semantic gap between low level visual features and high level semantic concepts. In this paper, we adopt interactive video search…
AIPS improves ranking policy evaluation by adapting to diverse user behavior.
problem Inaccurate Off-Policy Evaluation of ranking policies due to high variance under diverse user behavior.
method Developed Adaptive IPS (AIPS) that adapts to different user behaviors and minimizes MSE.
result AIPS achieves minimum variance among unbiased estimators and provides significant empirical accuracy improvement.
A search engine recommends to the user a list of web pages. The user examines this list, from the first page to the last, and clicks on all attractive pages until the user is satisfied. This behavior of the user can be described by the dependent click model (DCM). We propose DCM bandits, an online learning variant of t…
We present a dual-view mixture model to cluster users based on their features and latent behavioral functions. Every component of the mixture model represents a probability density over a feature view for observed user attributes and a behavior view for latent behavioral functions that are indirectly observed through u…
Proposes BehavDT model for context-aware user behavior prediction.
problem Building a context-aware predictive model based on diverse user behavioral activities.
method Introduces BehavDT, a behavioral decision tree that considers user behavior-oriented generalization.
result BehavDT model outperforms traditional machine learning approaches in predicting user diverse behaviors considering multi-dimensional contexts.
User contributions in the form of posts, comments, and votes are essential to the success of online communities. However, allowing user participation also invites undesirable behavior such as trolling. In this paper, we characterize antisocial behavior in three large online discussion communities by analyzing users who…
Calendar graph neural networks model user behavior with location and time data.
problem Modeling user behavior with location and time information for demographic prediction.
method Graph neural networks with a tripartite network of items, sessions, and locations, and a hierarchical calendar network.
result User embeddings preserve spatial and temporal patterns of various periodicity.
Behavior modification improves prediction accuracy by nudging user behavior.
problem Improving prediction accuracy using behavior modification techniques.
method Combining prediction and behavior modification with reinforcement learning algorithms.
result Behavior modification can make predictions more certain but may not generalize.
There is a large amount of interest in understanding users of social media in order to predict their behavior in this space. Despite this interest, user predictability in social media is not well-understood. To examine this question, we consider a network of fifteen thousand users on Twitter over a seven week period. W…
A new estimator reduces bias and variance in ranking policy evaluation.
problem Estimating ranking policies using logged data in recommender systems.
method Cascade Doubly Robust estimator based on the cascade assumption.
result The estimator reduces bias and variance compared to existing methods.
E-commerce sponsored search contributes an important part of revenue for the e-commerce company. In consideration of effectiveness and efficiency, a large-scale sponsored search system commonly adopts a multi-stage architecture. We name these stages as ad retrieval, ad pre-ranking and ad ranking. Ad retrieval and ad pr…
A search engine usually outputs a list of K web pages. The user examines this list, from the first web page to the last, and chooses the first attractive page. This model of user behavior is known as the cascade model. In this paper, we propose cascading bandits, a learning variant of the cascade model where the obje…
Look-ahead reasoning helps predict strategic user behavior on learning platforms.
problem Optimization criteria on learning platforms do not reflect users' priorities.
method Formalized level-k thinking and contrasted collective and selfish behavior.
result Coordination benefits users but does not offer higher-level reasoning advantages in the long run.
Paper analyzes privacy-aware mobility behavior using entropy metrics.
problem Intrusive user location tracking makes it easy to identify users.
method Proposes spatio-temporal entropy to quantify mobility, uses GAMs to study effects of variables.
result Global GAM provides more accurate predictions of spatio-temporal entropy.
PriceAggregator optimizes hotel price fetching to increase Agoda's bookings.
problem Limited QPS from suppliers causes many user searches to be ignored.
method Intelligently determines queries to suppliers for price fetching.
result PriceAggregator increases Agoda's bookings significantly.
COHORTNEY groups web users based on activity patterns.
problem Lack of academic discussion on cohort analysis for user behavior.
method Unsupervised non-parametric machine learning approach.
result COHORTNEY outperforms traditional methods in cohort analysis.
Paper tackles diversity in Airbnb search results.
problem Show diverse results to improve user experience.
method Heuristic based approaches → Deep learning solution using RNNs.
result Novel deep learning solution improves diversity in search results.
An important problem for HCI researchers is to estimate the parameter values of a cognitive model from behavioral data. This is a difficult problem, because of the substantial complexity and variety in human behavioral strategies. We report an investigation into a new approach using approximate Bayesian computation (AB…
Exploiting low-rank structure of the user-item rating matrix has been the crux of many recommendation engines. However, existing recommendation engines force raters with heterogeneous behavior profiles to map their intrinsic rating scales to a common rating scale (e.g. 1-5). This non-linear transformation of the rating…
Algorithm learns user's reward function from hypothetical behaviors.
problem Aligning agent behavior with unknown user objectives.
method Synthesizes hypothetical behaviors, asks user for rewards, trains neural network.
result Significantly outperforms prior methods in learning reward models.
The paper proposes a method to learn user representations invariant to social media behavior changes.
problem Difficulty in comparing users over time due to evolving behavior.
method Learning a mapping from user activity to a vector space capturing invariant features.
result The learned mapping enables efficient comparisons of users not seen at training time.
MACRo-mIcro VAE learns disentangled user behavior representations.
problem Complex user behavior data in recommender systems are entangled; disentangling them enhances robustness and interpretability.
method MACRo-mIcro Disentangled Variational Auto-Encoder (MacridVAE) infers high-level user intentions and micro-disentangles preferences.
result Our approach achieves substantial improvement over state-of-the-art baselines and demonstrates interpretable and controllable learned representations.
A new method detects fraud transactions by analyzing user behavior over time.
problem Detecting fraud transactions in online payment platforms.
method A time attention based recurrent layer framework combining static and dynamic user behaviors.
result Our method outperforms state-of-the-art methods, especially in recall at top percent.
Detects anomalous behavior in social media users by analyzing content and connections.
problem Identifying disruptive patterns in user behavior on social media platforms.
method Joint representation learning of content and connection to detect anomalous behavior.
result Observed densely connected users engaging in local politics and exhibiting troll-like behavior.