Summary of Conversational Dueling Bandits in Generalized Linear Models, by Shuhua Yang et al.
Conversational Dueling Bandits in Generalized Linear Models
by Shuhua Yang, Hui Yuan, Xiaoying Zhang, Mengdi Wang, Hong Zhang, Huazheng Wang
First submitted to arxiv on: 26 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Information Theory (cs.IT); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper introduces a new conversational recommendation system that utilizes relative feedback-based conversations to learn user preferences in an online manner. The existing methods have limitations, such as only enabling users to provide explicit binary feedback or ignoring practical non-linear reward structures. To address these issues, the authors propose a novel algorithm called ConDuel, which integrates dueling bandits in generalized linear models (GLM) and incorporates relative feedback-based conversations. Theoretical analyses of regret upper bounds and empirical validations on synthetic and real-world data demonstrate the efficacy of ConDuel. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper talks about a new way to make recommendations that are more like having a conversation with someone. Right now, most recommendation systems just give you options and ask if you like them or not. But what if you could tell the system how good one option is compared to another? This would be really helpful in real-life situations where we often have multiple choices. The authors propose an algorithm called ConDuel that combines two ideas: having conversations with users and learning their preferences through relative feedback. They show that this approach works well on both fake and real data. |
