BAT: Benchmark for Auto-bidding Task
This provides a standardized framework for researchers and practitioners in programmatic advertising, but it is incremental as it focuses on benchmarking rather than new algorithmic breakthroughs.
They tackled the lack of datasets and benchmarks for auto-bidding algorithms in online advertising by creating a benchmark with two auction formats and robust baselines on a novel dataset, addressing budget pacing and CPC optimization.
The optimization of bidding strategies for online advertising slot auctions presents a critical challenge across numerous digital marketplaces. A significant obstacle to the development, evaluation, and refinement of real-time autobidding algorithms is the scarcity of comprehensive datasets and standardized benchmarks. To address this deficiency, we present an auction benchmark encompassing the two most prevalent auction formats. We implement a series of robust baselines on a novel dataset, addressing the most salient Real-Time Bidding (RTB) problem domains: budget pacing uniformity and Cost Per Click (CPC) constraint optimization. This benchmark provides a user-friendly and intuitive framework for researchers and practitioners to develop and refine innovative autobidding algorithms, thereby facilitating advancements in the field of programmatic advertising. The implementation and additional resources can be accessed at the following repository (https://github.com/avito-tech/bat-autobidding-benchmark, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14794182).