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ProfileSim framework enhances task-oriented dialogue simulation for finance

Researchers have developed ProfileSim, a novel framework for simulating user behavior in task-oriented dialogue systems, specifically for financial marketing scenarios. This system integrates user demographics and personality traits with business profiles derived from real call logs to generate more realistic and domain-specific dialogue data. ProfileSim utilizes reinforcement learning with hierarchical rewards and is paired with an agent that adheres to Standard Operating Procedures and employs retrieval-augmented generation, outperforming existing methods in naturalness, profile adherence, and handling long-tail intents. AI

IMPACT This research could accelerate the development and evaluation of task-oriented dialogue systems by providing a more realistic simulation environment.

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ProfileSim framework enhances task-oriented dialogue simulation for finance

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Juan Li, Fangshu Chang, Xinyi Jiang, Ling Huang, Yunzhang Chen ·

    Profile-Driven User Simulation via Reinforcement Learning with Hierarchical Rewards for Task-Oriented Dialogues

    arXiv:2610.32435v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Building Task-Oriented Dialogue (TOD) systems for high-value scenarios such as financial marketing requires large volumes of domain-specific dialogue data, which privacy regulations, annotation costs, and the need for expert labor m…