User response prediction in online advertising

Z Gharibshah, X Zhu - aCM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2021 - dl.acm.org
Online advertising, as a vast market, has gained significant attention in various platforms
ranging from search engines, third-party websites, social media, and mobile apps. The …

Denoising and prompt-tuning for multi-behavior recommendation

C Zhang, R Chen, X Zhao, Q Han, L Li - Proceedings of the ACM Web …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In practical recommendation scenarios, users often interact with items under multi-typed
behaviors (eg, click, add-to-cart, and purchase). Traditional collaborative filtering techniques …

Multi-level sequence denoising with cross-signal contrastive learning for sequential recommendation

X Zhu, L Li, W Liu, X Luo - Neural Networks, 2024 - Elsevier
Sequential recommender systems (SRSs) aim to suggest next item for a user based on her
historical interaction sequences. Recently, many research efforts have been devoted to …

Hierarchical item inconsistency signal learning for sequence denoising in sequential recommendation

C Zhang, Y Du, X Zhao, Q Han, R Chen… - Proceedings of the 31st …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Sequential recommender systems aim to recommend the next items in which target users
are most interested based on their historical interaction sequences. In practice, historical …

Evolution of the online sales of sustainable products in the COVID-19 pandemic

M Iordache Platis, C Olteanu, AL Hotoi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, online sales have increased in recent years for
many products. Responsible consumption has also been considered by households and …

AI-Driven Contextual Advertising: Toward Relevant Messaging Without Personal Data

E Häglund, J Björklund - Journal of Current Issues & Research in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In programmatic advertising, bids are increasingly based on knowledge of the surrounding
media context. This shift toward contextual advertising is in part a counter-reaction to the …

Tutorial on online user engagement: Metrics and optimization

L Hong, M Lalmas - Companion proceedings of the 2019 World Wide …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
User engagement plays a central role in companies operating online services, such as
search engines, news portals, e-commerce sites, entertainment services, and social …

Deriving user-and content-specific rewards for contextual bandits

P Dragone, R Mehrotra, M Lalmas - The World Wide Web Conference, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Bandit algorithms have gained increased attention in recommender systems, as they
provide effective and scalable recommendations. These algorithms use reward functions …

(m) ad to see me? intelligent advertisement placement: Balancing user annoyance and advertising effectiveness

NT Nguyen, A Zuniga, H Lee, P Hui, H Flores… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Advertising is an unavoidable albeit a frustrating part of mobile interactions. Due to limited
form factor, mobile advertisements often resort to intrusive strategies where they temporarily …

Improving bounce rate prediction for rare queries by leveraging landing page signals

Y Dolma, R Kalani, A Agrawal, S Basu - Companion Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Bounce rate prediction for clicked ads in sponsored search advertising is crucial for
improving the quality of ads shown to the user. Bounce rate represents the proportion of …