@article{towardsopenendedemotionalsupportconversa, title = {Towards Open-Ended Emotional Support Conversations in LLMs via Reinforcement Learning with Future-Oriented Rewards}, author = {Ting Yang and Li Chen and Huimin Wang}, year = {2025}, eprint = {2508.12935}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12935}, }