Adaptive User Interest Modeling via Conditioned Denoising Diffusion For Click-Through Rate Prediction

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Main Authors: Zhao, Qihang, Zheng, Xiaoyang, Chen, Ben, Sun, Zhongbo, Lei, Chenyi
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Published: 2025
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author Zhao, Qihang
Zheng, Xiaoyang
Chen, Ben
Sun, Zhongbo
Lei, Chenyi
author_facet Zhao, Qihang
Zheng, Xiaoyang
Chen, Ben
Sun, Zhongbo
Lei, Chenyi
contents User behavior sequences in search systems resemble "interest fossils", capturing genuine intent yet eroded by exposure bias, category drift, and contextual noise. Current methods predominantly follow an "identify-aggregate" paradigm, assuming sequences immutably reflect user preferences while overlooking the organic entanglement of noise and genuine interest. Moreover, they output static, context-agnostic representations, failing to adapt to dynamic intent shifts under varying Query-User-Item-Context conditions. To resolve this dual challenge, we propose the Contextual Diffusion Purifier (CDP). By treating category-filtered behaviors as "contaminated observations", CDP employs a forward noising and conditional reverse denoising process guided by cross-interaction features (Query x User x Item x Context), controllably generating pure, context-aware interest representations that dynamically evolve with scenarios. Extensive offline/online experiments demonstrate the superiority of CDP over state-of-the-art methods.
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spellingShingle Adaptive User Interest Modeling via Conditioned Denoising Diffusion For Click-Through Rate Prediction
Zhao, Qihang
Zheng, Xiaoyang
Chen, Ben
Sun, Zhongbo
Lei, Chenyi
Information Retrieval
User behavior sequences in search systems resemble "interest fossils", capturing genuine intent yet eroded by exposure bias, category drift, and contextual noise. Current methods predominantly follow an "identify-aggregate" paradigm, assuming sequences immutably reflect user preferences while overlooking the organic entanglement of noise and genuine interest. Moreover, they output static, context-agnostic representations, failing to adapt to dynamic intent shifts under varying Query-User-Item-Context conditions. To resolve this dual challenge, we propose the Contextual Diffusion Purifier (CDP). By treating category-filtered behaviors as "contaminated observations", CDP employs a forward noising and conditional reverse denoising process guided by cross-interaction features (Query x User x Item x Context), controllably generating pure, context-aware interest representations that dynamically evolve with scenarios. Extensive offline/online experiments demonstrate the superiority of CDP over state-of-the-art methods.
title Adaptive User Interest Modeling via Conditioned Denoising Diffusion For Click-Through Rate Prediction
topic Information Retrieval
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19876