BASES: Large-scale Web Search User Simulation with Large Language Model based Agents

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17505v1
• Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:44:09 GMT
• Title: BASES: Large-scale Web Search User Simulation with Large Language Model based Agents
• Authors: Ruiyang Ren, Peng Qiu, Yingqi Qu, Jing Liu, Wayne Xin Zhao, Hua Wu, Ji-Rong Wen, Haifeng Wang
• Abstract summary: BASES is a novel user simulation framework with large language models (LLMs) Our simulation framework can generate unique user profiles at scale, which subsequently leads to diverse search behaviors. WARRIORS is a new large-scale dataset encompassing web search user behaviors, including both Chinese and English versions.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Due to the excellent capacities of large language models (LLMs), it becomes feasible to develop LLM-based agents for reliable user simulation. Considering the scarcity and limit (e.g., privacy issues) of real user data, in this paper, we conduct large-scale user simulation for web search, to improve the analysis and modeling of user search behavior. Specially, we propose BASES, a novel user simulation framework with LLM-based agents, designed to facilitate comprehensive simulations of web search user behaviors. Our simulation framework can generate unique user profiles at scale, which subsequently leads to diverse search behaviors. To demonstrate the effectiveness of BASES, we conduct evaluation experiments based on two human benchmarks in both Chinese and English, demonstrating that BASES can effectively simulate large-scale human-like search behaviors. To further accommodate the research on web search, we develop WARRIORS, a new large-scale dataset encompassing web search user behaviors, including both Chinese and English versions, which can greatly bolster research in the field of information retrieval. Our code and data will be publicly released soon.

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