Joint Workflow and Prompt Optimization for User Behavior Simulation
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arXiv:2610.07663v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: User behavior simulation is the computational modeling of user interactions within information systems through the use of simulated agents in place of live users. It supports system testing and evaluation, decision-making and forecasting, and user experience design. Existing simulators rely on hand-crafted rules or domain expertise that transfers poorly across tasks. SWORD (Simulation-driven Workflow and Prompt Optimization with Role-based Design) is introduced as a framework that jointly optimizes multi-agent workflow topology and natural-lang
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2610.07663v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: User behavior simulation is the computational modeling of user interactions within information systems through the use of simulated agents in place of live users.
- It supports system testing and evaluation, decision-making and forecasting, and user experience design.
- Existing simulators rely on hand-crafted rules or domain expertise that transfers poorly across tasks.
Why it matters
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