arXiv:2604.06207cs.CLcs.AI2026-04中稿 · PRICAI 2025

简单启发式方法比复杂向量选择更有效,提升大模型预测用户下个打卡地点的准确率。

A Comparative Study of Demonstration Selection for Practical Large Language Models-based Next POI Prediction

论文配图:A Comparative Study of Demonstration Selection for Practical Large Language Models-based Next POI Prediction
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  • 用地理位置、时间顺序等简单规则选示例,比复杂向量匹配更有效
  • 在三个真实数据集上,启发式方法精度更高且计算成本更低
  • 无需微调模型,就能超越现有训练好的模型,适合实际部署

本文研究基于大语言模型(LLM)的下一个兴趣点(POI)预测中示例选择策略。尽管上下文学习(ICL)被视为传统监督方法的有前景替代方案,但其效果高度依赖示例选择。现有方法包括随机选择、基于嵌入的选择和任务特定选择,但缺乏全面比较。为填补空白并明确最佳实践,我们在三个真实数据集上系统评估了现有方法及更简单的启发式策略,如地理邻近性、时间顺序和序列模式。实验表明,这些启发式方法在计算成本和预测精度上均优于复杂的嵌入方法。值得注意的是,在某些场景下,使用启发式选例的LLM甚至超越了现有微调模型,且无需额外训练。代码已开源:https://github.com/ryonsd/DS-LLM4POI。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

This paper investigates demonstration selection strategies for predicting a user's next point-of-interest (POI) using large language models (LLMs), aiming to accurately forecast a user's subsequent location based on historical check-in data. While in-context learning (ICL) with LLMs has recently gained attention as a promising alternative to traditional supervised approaches, the effectiveness of ICL significantly depends on the selected demonstration. Although previous studies have examined methods such as random selection, embedding-based selection, and task-specific selection, there remains a lack of comprehensive comparative analysis among these strategies. To bridge this gap and clarify the best practices for real-world applications, we comprehensively evaluate existing demonstration selection methods alongside simpler heuristic approaches such as geographical proximity, temporal ordering, and sequential patterns. Extensive experiments conducted on three real-world datasets indicate that these heuristic methods consistently outperform more complex and computationally demanding embedding-based methods, both in terms of computational cost and prediction accuracy. Notably, in certain scenarios, LLMs using demonstrations selected by these simpler heuristic methods even outperform existing fine-tuned models, without requiring further training. Our source code is available at: https://github.com/ryonsd/DS-LLM4POI.

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