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Large language models (LLMs) make it possible to generate synthetic behavioural data at scale, offering an ethical and low-cost alternative to human experiments. Whether such data can faithfully capture psychological differences driven by…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Manuel Pratelli , Marinella Petrocchi

Simulating step-wise human behavior with Large Language Models (LLMs) has become an emerging research direction, enabling applications in various practical domains. While prior methods, including prompting, supervised fine-tuning (SFT), and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Ziyi Wang , Yuxuan Lu , Yimeng Zhang , Jing Huang , Dakuo Wang

Customizable role-playing in large language models (LLMs), also known as character generalization, is gaining increasing attention for its versatility and cost-efficiency in developing and deploying role-playing dialogue agents. This study…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Xiaoyang Wang , Hongming Zhang , Tao Ge , Wenhao Yu , Dian Yu , Dong Yu

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in socially complex, interaction-driven tasks, yet their ability to mirror human behavior in emotionally and strategically complex contexts remains underexplored. This study assesses…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Deuksin Kwon , Kaleen Shrestha , Bin Han , Elena Hayoung Lee , Gale Lucas

The rapid adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs) in interactive systems has enabled the creation of dynamic, open-ended Role-Playing Agents (RPAs). However, evaluating these agents remains a significant challenge, as standard NLP metrics…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Riccardo Rosati , Edoardo Colucci , Massimiliano Bolognini , Adriano Mancini , Paolo Sernani

Large Language Models (LLMs) are typically aligned with human values using preference data or predefined principles such as helpfulness, honesty, and harmlessness. However, as AI systems progress toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Panatchakorn Anantaprayoon , Nataliia Babina , Jad Tarifi , Nima Asgharbeygi

Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown promise in character imitation, enabling immersive and engaging conversations. However, they often generate content that is irrelevant or inconsistent with a character's background. We attribute these…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Yongjie Wang , Jonathan Leung , Zhiqi Shen

Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have significantly improved the alignment of models with general human preferences. However, a major challenge remains in adapting LLMs to individual preferences, which are not only diverse…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Shanyong Wang , Shuhang Lin , Yining Zhao , Xi Zhu , Yongfeng Zhang

The advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) has spurred significant interest in Role-Playing Agents (RPAs) for applications such as emotional companionship and virtual interaction. However, recent RPAs are often built on explicit…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Yihong Tang , Kehai Chen , Muyun Yang , Zhengyu Niu , Jing Li , Tiejun Zhao , Min Zhang

Effective persuasive dialogue agents adapt their strategies to individual users, accounting for the evolution of their psychological states and intentions throughout conversations. We present a personality-aware reinforcement learning…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Donghuo Zeng , Roberto Legaspi , Kazushi Ikeda

The advent of large language models (LLMs) presents new opportunities for travel demand modeling. However, behavioral misalignment between LLMs and humans presents obstacles for the usage of LLMs, and existing alignment methods are…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Tianming Liu , Manzi Li , Yafeng Yin

Applications based on large language models (LLMs), such as multi-agent simulations, require population diversity among agents. We identify a pervasive failure mode we term \emph{Persona Collapse}: agents each assigned a distinct profile…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Yunze Xiao , Vivienne J. Zhang , Chenghao Yang , Ningshan Ma , Weihao Xuan , Jen-tse Huang

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), using algorithms like Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO), aligns Large Language Models (LLMs) with human values but is costly and unstable. Alternatives have been proposed to replace PPO or…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Liang Zhu , Feiteng Fang , Yuelin Bai , Longze Chen , Zhexiang Zhang , Minghuan Tan , Min Yang

LLM alignment has progressed in single-agent settings through paradigms such as RL with human feedback (RLHF), while recent work explores scalable alternatives such as RL with AI feedback (RLAIF) and dynamic alignment objectives. However,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Panatchakorn Anantaprayoon , Nataliia Babina , Nima Asgharbeygi , Jad Tarifi

Synthetic personae experiments have become a prominent method in Large Language Model alignment research, yet the representativeness and ecological validity of these personae vary considerably between studies. Through a review of 63…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Jan Batzner , Volker Stocker , Bingjun Tang , Anusha Natarajan , Qinhao Chen , Stefan Schmid , Gjergji Kasneci

In this work, we focus on text-based person retrieval, which identifies individuals based on textual descriptions. Despite advancements enabled by synthetic data for pretraining, a significant domain gap, due to variations in lighting,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Shuyu Yang , Yaxiong Wang , Yongrui Li , Li Zhu , Zhedong Zheng

Decision-making agents based on pre-trained Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly being deployed across various domains of human activity. While their applications are currently rather specialized, several research efforts are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Elizaveta Tennant , Stephen Hailes , Mirco Musolesi

Fine-grained control over large language models (LLMs) remains a significant challenge, hindering their adaptability to diverse user needs. While Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) shows promise in aligning LLMs, its reliance…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-07 Haoxiang Wang , Yong Lin , Wei Xiong , Rui Yang , Shizhe Diao , Shuang Qiu , Han Zhao , Tong Zhang

Capturing human learning behavior based on deep learning methods has become a major research focus in both psychology and intelligent systems. Recent approaches rely on controlled experiments or rule-based models to explore cognitive…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Yu Yuan , Lili Zhao , Wei Chen , Guangting Zheng , Kai Zhang , Mengdi Zhang , Qi Liu

Digital human recommendation system has been developed to help customers find their favorite products and is playing an active role in various recommendation contexts. How to timely catch and learn the dynamics of the preferences of the…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2022-11-07 Xiong Junwu , Xiaoyun Feng , YunZhou Shi , James Zhang , Zhongzhou Zhao , Wei Zhou
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