Optimization of Advertising Bidding Model With Generative AI and Deep Reinforcement Learning Collaboration: Design and Validation of Closed‐Loop Simulation Framework
ABSTRACT Real‐time bidding (RTB) requires decisions in milliseconds under nonstationary market dynamics; traditional optimization and online RL suffer from sample efficiency, stability and generalization limitations. This study proposes a closed‐loop simulation framework coupling generative AI with deep reinforcement learning. A cascaded encoder combining a conditional variational autoencoder (CVAE) with a denoising diffusion probability model (DDPM) synthesizes high‐fidelity market states. A proximal policy optimization (PPO) agent trains in this environment via a three‐stage ‘generate, evaluate, optimize’ mechanism, with a dynamic feedback regulator forming a co‐evolutionary loop. Experiments on 47.82 million anonymized bidding records improve CTR by 23.7%, CVR by 31.2%, ROI by 23.5% over DQN and increase ROI by 6.1% over GAVE and 8.6% over DiffBid. A 2 × 2 factorial ablation confirms significant generator‐agent interaction ( = 0.37 ROI units, 95% CI [0.24, 0.51], = 0.008, = 0.024). Cross‐dataset transfer on iPinYou preserves rankings with 7.0% ROI advantage over GAVE; counterfactual OPE on real logs (SNIPS, doubly robust, auction replay) agrees with simulator ranking. The system achieves 87.4% sample utilization (distinct from GPU utilization 92.30%) and 14.8 ms mean inference latency (p50/p95/p99 = 12.4/18.7/23.1 ms; 100% SLA at 100,000 req/s). A live A/B test on a production platform is planned as future work.
Authors
- Erming Xu
- Yuanchun Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1104-6205)
Institutions
- Panyapiwat Institute of Management (TH)
- Renmin University of China (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Expert Systems
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.70444
- Primary Topic
- Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Jilin Office of Philosophy and Social Science