use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize}; use std::collections::HashMap; /// Per-topic affinity scores, in `[-1.0, 1.0]`, updated from observed /// engagement vs. predicted relevance. Persisted as a single row per user /// (JSON blob) in `feedsignal-db`; the event log remains the source of /// truth and this can always be rebuilt by replaying it. #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)] pub struct TopicAffinities { scores: HashMap, } /// How much a single feedback event moves an affinity score. Kept small so /// no single article dominates a topic's long-run trend. const LEARNING_RATE: f64 = 0.15; /// Fraction of every affinity pulled back toward zero on each nightly decay /// pass, so stale interests fade instead of anchoring the model forever. const DAILY_DECAY: f64 = 0.02; impl TopicAffinities { pub fn score(&self, topic: &str) -> f64 { self.scores.get(topic).copied().unwrap_or(0.0) } /// Mean affinity across an article's topics; 0.0 for an untagged /// article (neutral, defers entirely to the embedding/LLM stages). pub fn score_topics(&self, topics: &[String]) -> f64 { if topics.is_empty() { return 0.0; } topics.iter().map(|t| self.score(t)).sum::() / topics.len() as f64 } /// Update affinities for an article's topics from an observed /// `surprise`: `engagement_score - predicted_relevance_score`, both in /// `[0.0, 1.0]` (see `scoring::engagement_score`). Positive surprise /// (the user engaged more than the pipeline predicted) nudges those /// topics up; negative surprise nudges them down. This is what lets /// "the model thought this was irrelevant but I read the whole thing" /// actually change future behavior. pub fn apply_feedback(&mut self, topics: &[String], surprise: f64) { for topic in topics { let current = self.score(topic); let updated = (current + LEARNING_RATE * surprise).clamp(-1.0, 1.0); self.scores.insert(topic.clone(), updated); } } /// Run once per day (see the scheduler in `feedsignal-web`) to let /// affinities the user hasn't reinforced recently drift back toward /// neutral rather than staying permanently pinned from a few old /// signals. pub fn decay(&mut self) { self.scores.retain(|_, v| v.abs() > 1e-4); for v in self.scores.values_mut() { *v -= v.signum() * DAILY_DECAY; } } pub fn top_n(&self, n: usize) -> Vec<(&str, f64)> { let mut items: Vec<_> = self.scores.iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.as_str(), *v)).collect(); items.sort_by(|a, b| b.1.partial_cmp(&a.1).unwrap()); items.truncate(n); items } } /// Converts a raw reading interaction into an engagement score in /// `[0.0, 1.0]`, and folds in the explicit star/dismiss signal. /// /// - Never opened: 0.0 /// - Opened: `dwell_seconds / estimated_read_seconds`, capped at 1.0, so /// skimming half an article scores lower than reading it fully. /// - Starred: +0.3 on top (capped at 1.0) — an explicit "yes" beyond dwell /// time alone. /// - Dismissed without opening: -0.3, floored at 0.0's negative counterpart /// handled by the caller via `surprise` (engagement itself never goes /// negative; the *deviation* from a predicted score can). pub fn engagement_score( opened: bool, dwell_seconds: Option, estimated_read_seconds: Option, starred: bool, dismissed: bool, ) -> f64 { if dismissed && !opened { return 0.0; } let mut score = if !opened { 0.0 } else { match (dwell_seconds, estimated_read_seconds) { (Some(dwell), Some(est)) if est > 0 => (dwell as f64 / est as f64).min(1.0), // Opened but we don't yet know dwell time / read-time estimate: // credit partial engagement rather than 0 or 1. _ => 0.5, } }; if starred { score = (score + 0.3).min(1.0); } score } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use super::*; #[test] fn under_predicted_relevance_boosts_topic() { let mut aff = TopicAffinities::default(); let topics = vec!["rust".to_string()]; // Model predicted 0.2 relevance, user fully read it: surprise = 0.8. aff.apply_feedback(&topics, 0.8); assert!(aff.score("rust") > 0.0); } #[test] fn over_predicted_relevance_lowers_topic() { let mut aff = TopicAffinities::default(); let topics = vec!["crypto".to_string()]; // Model predicted 0.9, user dismissed unread: engagement 0, surprise = -0.9. aff.apply_feedback(&topics, -0.9); assert!(aff.score("crypto") < 0.0); } #[test] fn decay_pulls_toward_zero() { let mut aff = TopicAffinities::default(); aff.apply_feedback(&["rust".to_string()], 1.0); let before = aff.score("rust"); aff.decay(); assert!(aff.score("rust") < before); assert!(aff.score("rust") > 0.0); } }