3 papers
cs.AI2026
Proactive Dialogue Policy Optimization via Cognitive-State Transition
Minghui Ma, Mengqi Chen, Bin Guo +1
Proactive dialogue requires agents to continually adapt their policies to user feedback while progressing toward task objectives over multiple turns. To move beyond imitation learn…
cs.AI2026
Cognitive World Model for Progressive BDI/E Trajectory Evaluation of Conversational Agents
Minghui Ma, Bin Guo, Hao Wang +4
As LLM-based conversational agents advance toward increasingly open-ended and interaction-intensive scenarios, task completion alone provides an incomplete assessment of their effe…
cs.AI2026
Think Thrice Before You Speak: Dual knowledge-enhanced Theory-of-Mind Reasoning for Persuasive Agents
Minghui Ma, Bin Guo, Runze Yang +7
Persuasive dialogue requires reasoning about others' latent mental states, a capability known as Theory of Mind (ToM). However, due to reliance on simple prompting strategies and i…