3 papers
cs.CL2026
ConvApparel: A Benchmark Dataset and Validation Framework for User Simulators in Conversational Recommenders
Ofer Meshi, Krisztian Balog, Sally Goldman +5
The promise of LLM-based user simulators to improve conversational AI is hindered by a critical "realism gap," leading to systems that are optimized for simulated interactions, but…
cs.CL2026
ToolACE-MT: Non-Autoregressive Generation for Agentic Multi-Turn Interaction
Xingshan Zeng, Weiwen Liu, Lingzhi Wang +6
Agentic task-solving with Large Language Models (LLMs) requires multi-turn, multi-step interactions, often involving complex function calls and dynamic user-agent exchanges. Existi…
cs.CL2026
ToolACE-R: Model-aware Iterative Training and Adaptive Refinement for Tool Learning
Xingshan Zeng, Weiwen Liu, Xu Huang +8
Tool learning, which allows Large Language Models (LLMs) to leverage external tools for solving complex user tasks, has emerged as a promising avenue for extending model capabiliti…