{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4400529612","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3626772.3661358","title":"Minimizing Live Experiments in Recommender Systems: User Simulation to Evaluate Preference Elicitation Policies","display_name":"Minimizing Live Experiments in Recommender Systems: User Simulation to Evaluate Preference Elicitation Policies","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-07-10","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4400529612","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3626772.3661358"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3626772.3661358","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3626772.3661358","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 47th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["arxiv","crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.17436","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101930378","display_name":"Chih\u2010Wei Hsu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9929-9951"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1291425158","display_name":"Google (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00njsd438","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158","https://openalex.org/I4210128969"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Chih-Wei Hsu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9929-9951","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5045775773","display_name":"Martin Mladenov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5565-5126"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1291425158","display_name":"Google (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00njsd438","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158","https://openalex.org/I4210128969"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Martin Mladenov","raw_affiliation_strings":["Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5565-5126","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011166928","display_name":"Ofer Meshi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3418-8771"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1291425158","display_name":"Google (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00njsd438","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158","https://openalex.org/I4210128969"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ofer Meshi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3418-8771","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001497054","display_name":"J. Pine","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9517-2906"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1291425158","display_name":"Google (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00njsd438","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158","https://openalex.org/I4210128969"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"James Pine","raw_affiliation_strings":["Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9517-2906","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053177562","display_name":"Hubert Pham","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7216-6301"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1291425158","display_name":"Google (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00njsd438","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158","https://openalex.org/I4210128969"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hubert Pham","raw_affiliation_strings":["Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7216-6301","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5032345308","display_name":"Shane Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6810-7031"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1291425158","display_name":"Google (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00njsd438","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158","https://openalex.org/I4210128969"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shane Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Google, Mountain View, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6810-7031","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Google, Mountain View, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5090836578","display_name":"Xujian Liang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8806-4343"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1291425158","display_name":"Google (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00njsd438","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158","https://openalex.org/I4210128969"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xujian Liang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Google, Mountain View, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8806-4343","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Google, Mountain View, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103308984","display_name":"Anton Polishko","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2095-724X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1291425158","display_name":"Google (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00njsd438","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158","https://openalex.org/I4210128969"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anton Polishko","raw_affiliation_strings":["Google, Mountain View, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2095-724X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Google, Mountain View, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101772801","display_name":"Li Yang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0372-4285"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1291425158","display_name":"Google (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00njsd438","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158","https://openalex.org/I4210128969"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Li Yang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0372-4285","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103308983","display_name":"Ben Scheetz","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9681-2814"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ben Scheetz","raw_affiliation_strings":["YouTube, New York, NY, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9681-2814","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"YouTube, New York, NY, USA","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5036934218","display_name":"Craig Boutilier","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9330-4545"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1291425158","display_name":"Google (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00njsd438","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158","https://openalex.org/I4210128969"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Craig Boutilier","raw_affiliation_strings":["Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9330-4545","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":11,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5101930378"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1291425158"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.73,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93852556,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"2925","last_page":"2929"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10203","display_name":"Recommender Systems and Techniques","score":0.9952999949455261,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10203","display_name":"Recommender Systems and Techniques","score":0.9952999949455261,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13083","display_name":"Advanced Text Analysis Techniques","score":0.9901999831199646,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12101","display_name":"Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research","score":0.984499990940094,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/recommender-system","display_name":"Recommender system","score":0.9079583883285522},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/preference-elicitation","display_name":"Preference elicitation","score":0.8873382806777954},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7676352262496948},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/preference","display_name":"Preference","score":0.6989614963531494},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.4516836106777191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.30194124579429626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statistics","display_name":"Statistics","score":0.07319414615631104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.0710577666759491}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C557471498","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q554950","display_name":"Recommender system","level":2,"score":0.9079583883285522},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777868144","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7239817","display_name":"Preference elicitation","level":3,"score":0.8873382806777954},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7676352262496948},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781249084","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908656","display_name":"Preference","level":2,"score":0.6989614963531494},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.4516836106777191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.30194124579429626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.07319414615631104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0710577666759491}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3626772.3661358","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3626772.3661358","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 47th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2409.17436","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.17436","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.17436","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2409.17436","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.17436","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.17436","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4400529612.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4400529612.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":15,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2010225880","https://openalex.org/W2064675550","https://openalex.org/W2108630796","https://openalex.org/W2128084896","https://openalex.org/W2625746539","https://openalex.org/W2799544270","https://openalex.org/W2902040508","https://openalex.org/W2948345531","https://openalex.org/W2978329087","https://openalex.org/W3088296350","https://openalex.org/W3098231197","https://openalex.org/W3102899483","https://openalex.org/W3173163365","https://openalex.org/W4213245422","https://openalex.org/W4386148680"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1657011257","https://openalex.org/W2159111852","https://openalex.org/W271352469","https://openalex.org/W64851098","https://openalex.org/W2050663403","https://openalex.org/W2073850970","https://openalex.org/W2015774502","https://openalex.org/W1979280215","https://openalex.org/W2069045970","https://openalex.org/W2057595487"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Evaluation":[0],"of":[1,34,75,85,94],"policies":[2,45],"in":[3,32,122],"recommender":[4],"systems":[5],"typically":[6],"involves":[7],"A/B":[8],"live":[9,76],"experiments":[10],"on":[11,20,130],"real":[12],"users":[13,93],"to":[14,69,90],"assess":[15],"a":[16,28,65,107,123],"new":[17,92,120],"policy's":[18],"impact":[19],"relevant":[21],"metrics.":[22],"This":[23],"\"gold":[24],"standard''":[25],"comes":[26],"at":[27],"high":[29],"cost,":[30,38],"however,":[31],"terms":[33],"cycle":[35],"time,":[36],"user":[37,41,103],"and":[39,106],"potential":[40],"retention.":[42],"In":[43,60],"developing":[44,100],"for":[46,82],"onboarding":[47],"users,":[48],"these":[49],"costs":[50],"can":[51,118],"be":[52],"especially":[53],"problematic,":[54],"since":[55],"on-boarding":[56],"occurs":[57],"only":[58],"once.":[59],"this":[61],"work,":[62],"we":[63,117],"describe":[64],"simulation":[66,108],"methodology":[67],"used":[68,89],"augment":[70],"(and":[71],"reduce)":[72],"the":[73,83,95],"use":[74],"experiments.":[77],"We":[78],"illustrate":[79],"its":[80],"deployment":[81],"evaluation":[84],"preference":[86],"elicitation":[87],"algorithms":[88,121],"onboard":[91],"YouTube":[96],"Music":[97],"platform.":[98],"By":[99],"counterfactually":[101],"robust":[102],"behavior":[104],"models,":[105],"service":[109],"that":[110,125],"couples":[111],"such":[112],"models":[113],"with":[114],"production":[115],"infrastructure,":[116],"test":[119],"way":[124],"reliably":[126],"predicts":[127],"their":[128],"performance":[129],"key":[131],"metrics":[132],"when":[133],"deployed":[134],"live.":[135]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}