Contextual Generative Auction with Permutation-level Externalities for Online Advertising
The paper introduces Contextual Generative Auction (CGA), a generative framework that directly optimizes ad placements while modeling permutation‑level externalities, decouples allocation from payment learning, and achieves near‑optimal Myerson‑style outcomes, delivering up to 3.2% higher RPM, 1.4% more CTR, 6.4% GMV growth, and 3.5% increased advertiser ROI in large‑scale Taobao experiments.