arxivcs.IRcs.LG2026-07-22
Zero-Observation User Reactivation with Gap-Driven Dimensional Gating
Jiandong Ding, Tianying Liu, Fuyuan Liu, Huijie Qin, Tiandeng Wu
Sequential recommendation (SR) models capture continuously observed behavior, but a returning user may have no interactions for months or years. We define this setting as Zero-Observation Reactivation: the user has a pre-gap history, while the platform observes no behavioral sign…