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FAVE: Flow-based Average Velocity Establishment for Sequential Recommendation

sigir26-129 · Full research paper · Ke Shi, Yao Zhang, Feng Guo, Jinyuan Zhang, Junshuo Zhang, Shen Gao, Shuo Shang
Diffusion and Flow Recommenders · 100%
Abstract

Generative recommendation has emerged as a transformative paradigm for capturing the dynamic evolution of user intents in sequential recommendation. While flow-based methods improve the efficiency of diffusion models, they remain hindered by the ''Noise-to-Data'' paradigm, which introduces two critical inefficiencies: prior mismatch, where generation starts from uninformative noise, forcing a lengthy recovery trajectory; and linear redundancy, where iterative solvers waste computation on modeling deterministic preference transitions. To address these limitations, we propose a Flow-based Average Velocity Establishment (Fave) framework for one-step generation recommendation that learns a direct trajectory from an informative prior to the target distribution. Fave is structured via a progressive two-stage training strategy. In Stage 1, we establish a stable preference space through dual-end semantic alignment, applying constraints at both the source (user history) and target (next item) to prevent representation collapse. In Stage 2, we directly resolve the efficiency bottlenecks by introducing a semantic anchor prior, which initializes the flow with a masked embedding from the user's interaction history, providing an informative starting point. Then we learn a global average velocity, consolidating the multi-step trajectory into a single displacement vector, and enforce trajectory straightness via a JVP-based consistency constraint to ensure one-step generation. Extensive experiments on three benchmarks demonstrate that Fave not only achieves state-of-the-art recommendation performance but also delivers an order-of-magnitude improvement in inference efficiency, making it practical for latency-sensitive scenarios. Code is available at https://github.com/Blue130/Fave

Assigned reviewers

#ReviewerMatchWhy (closest evidence publications in the taxonomy)
1 Ching Law
44
100 Uni-Layout: Integrating Human Feedback in Unified Layout Generation and Evaluation (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
100 MoFu: Scale-Aware Modulation and Fourier Fusion for Multi-Subject Video Generation (2026) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
63 AutoPP: Towards Automated Product Poster Generation and Optimization (2026) Advertising and Auction Mechanisms
2 Xialong Liu
41
71 S-Diff: An Anisotropic Diffusion Model for Collaborative Filtering in Spectral Domain (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
63 Expert-Guided Diffusion Planner for Auto-Bidding (2025) Advertising and Auction Mechanisms
48 CROLoss: Towards a Customizable Loss for Retrieval Models in Recommender Systems (2022) Recommendation with Search and Ranking

Area chair

Area chairMatch
Yanan Niu 43
Area-chair candidates (6)
Yanan Niu assigned 4315 papers
Xin Xin 0003 COI: co-author 4310 papers
Leyu Lin 4115 papers
Maolin Wang 0001 4015 papers
Kun Gai 405 papers
Weiming Liu 0005 408 papers

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1 Zhengyi Yang 0007 60 3
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71 Fading to Grow: Growing Preference Ratios via Preference Fading Discrete Diffusion for Recommendation (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
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50 Temporal Linear Item-Item Model for Sequential Recommendation (2025) Efficient and Long-Sequence Sequential Recommendation
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51 Generative Recommender with End-to-End Learnable Item Tokenization (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
11 Jiancan Wu 44 3
68 Generate What You Prefer: Reshaping Sequential Recommendation via Guided Diffusion (2023) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
62 Fading to Grow: Growing Preference Ratios via Preference Fading Discrete Diffusion for Recommendation (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
12 Ching Law assigned 44 3
100 Uni-Layout: Integrating Human Feedback in Unified Layout Generation and Evaluation (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
100 MoFu: Scale-Aware Modulation and Fourier Fusion for Multi-Subject Video Generation (2026) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
13 Bo Peng 0009 44 3
51 M2: Mixed Models With Preferences, Popularities and Transitions for Next-Basket Recommendation (2023) Efficient and Long-Sequence Sequential Recommendation
49 eCeLLM: Generalizing Large Language Models for E-commerce from Large-scale, High-quality Instruction Data (2024) Efficiency and Deployment
14 Jizhi Zhang 43 3
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51 Decoding Matters: Addressing Amplification Bias and Homogeneity Issue in Recommendations for Large Language Models (2024) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
15 Bowen Zheng 0005 43 3
49 Reciprocal Sequential Recommendation (2023) Sequential Recommendation with User Modeling and Profiling
48 Enhancing Sequential Recommender with Large Language Models for Joint Video and Comment Recommendation (2025) Sequential and Session-based Recommendation
17 Jiuqiang Li 0002 43 3
70 Disentangled Contrastive Bundle Recommendation with Conditional Diffusion (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
39 Graph Diffusive Self-Supervised Learning for Social Recommendation (2024) Social and Group Recommendation
18 Yongjing Hao 43 3
63 Meta-Optimized Joint Generative and Contrastive Learning for Sequential Recommendation (2024) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
46 Tell Me Where to Go Next: Improving POI Recommendation via Conversation (2021) Conversational Recommendation Systems
20 Yang Song 0008 42 3
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21 Bo Chen 0023 42 3
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25 Jiangxia Cao 41 3
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47 Contrastive Cross-Domain Sequential Recommendation (2022) Cross-Domain and Cross-Market Sequential Recommendation
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47 Dataset Regeneration for Sequential Recommendation (2024) Recommendation Systems and Evaluation
27 Shijie Wang 0002 41 3
100 Continuous-time Discrete-space Diffusion Model for Recommendation (2026) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
65 Score-Based Generative Diffusion Models for Social Recommendations (2025) Social Media and User Modelling
28 Yang Zhang 0072 41 3
51 IGD: Token Decisiveness Modeling via Information Gain in LLMs for Personalized Recommendation (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
51 Decoding Matters: Addressing Amplification Bias and Homogeneity Issue in Recommendations for Large Language Models (2024) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
30 Riwei Lai 41 3
48 Proxy-Aware Cross-Domain Sequential Recommendation (2023) Cross-Domain Sequential Recommendation
47 Proxy-enhanced cross-domain sequential recommendation (2025) Cross-Domain and Cross-Market Sequential Recommendation
31 Xiao Zhang 0034 41 3
50 MoRE: A Mixture of Reflectors Framework for Large Language Model-Based Sequential Recommendation (2025) Sequential and Session-based Recommendation
49 Test-Time Alignment with State Space Model for Tracking User Interest Shifts in Sequential Recommendation (2025) Sequential Recommendation with User Modeling and Profiling
32 Qiang Luo 0004 41 3
56 DiffGRM: Diffusion-based Generative Recommendation Model (2026) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
49 FIM: Frequency-Aware Multi-View Interest Modeling for Local-Life Service Recommendation (2025) Sequential Recommendation with User Modeling and Profiling
33 Xialong Liu assigned 41 3
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63 Expert-Guided Diffusion Planner for Auto-Bidding (2025) Advertising and Auction Mechanisms