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GAC: A deep reinforcement learning model toward user incentivization in unknown social networks
Citation
Wu, S and Li, W and Bai, Q, GAC: A deep reinforcement learning model toward user incentivization in unknown social networks, Knowledge-Based Systems, 259 Article 110060. ISSN 1872-7409 (2022) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.knosys.2022.110060
Abstract
In recent years, many applications have deployed incentive mechanisms to promote users’ attention and engagement. Most incentive mechanisms determine specific incentive values based on users’ attributes (e.g., preferences), while such information is unavailable in many real-world applications. Meanwhile, due to budget restrictions, realizing successful incentivization for all users can be challenging to complete. In this light, we consider leveraging social influence to maximize the incentivization result. We can directly incentivize influential users to affect more users, so the cost of incentivizing these users can be decreased. However, identifying influential users in a social network requires complete information about influence strength among users, which is impractical to acquire in real-world situations. In this research, we propose an end-to-end reinforcement learning-based framework, called Geometric Actor–Critic (GAC), to tackle the abovementioned problem. The proposed approach can realize effective incentive allocation without having prior knowledge about users’ attributes. Three real-world social network datasets have been adopted in the experiments to evaluate the performance of GAC. The experimental results indicate that GAC can learn and apply effective incentive allocation policies in unknown social networks and outperform existing incentive allocation approaches.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Agent-based modelling, influence propagation modelling, resource allocation |
| Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
| Research Group: | Artificial intelligence |
| Research Field: | Autonomous agents and multiagent systems |
| Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
| Objective Group: | Information systems, technologies and services |
| Objective Field: | Artificial intelligence |
| UTAS Author: | Wu, S (Mr Shiqing Wu) |
| UTAS Author: | Bai, Q (Dr Quan Bai) |
| ID Code: | 154216 |
| Year Published: | 2022 |
| Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
| Deposited On: | 2022-11-12 |
| Last Modified: | 2023-01-09 |
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