TCBSA: training-free test-time method injects collaborative scores into generative recommender beam search

_reachsumit · x · 2026-10-26

The arXiv paper TCBSA (Test-Time Collaborative Beam Search Adaptation) addresses premature beam pruning in generative recommenders using semantic identifiers. It converts score margins from an independently trained discriminative recommender into potentials over shared semantic edges, with a confidence gate regulating their contribution to cumulative path scores before beam selection—no retraining of either model. The paper also establishes a sufficient condition for target prefixes to survive pruning.

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