用动态强化学习提升多模态模型推理能力,效果超越更大模型。
Observe-R1: Unlocking Reasoning Abilities of MLLMs with Dynamic Progressive Reinforcement Learning
- 按难易程度渐进训练,构建分层数据集促进模型成长。
- 在2万样本上实现更清晰简洁的推理链,优于更大模型。
- 适合研究多模态推理、强化学习与模型效率的学者。
强化学习(RL)在提升大语言模型(LLM)推理能力方面展现出潜力,但其在多模态数据与格式上的适配挑战仍待探索。本文提出Observe-R1框架,旨在增强多模态大语言模型(MLLM)的推理能力。受人类学习过程启发——由简至繁、由易到难,我们设计了渐进式学习范式,并构建了NeuraLadder数据集,按样本难度与复杂度组织与采样以支持RL训练。为应对多模态任务,引入多模态格式约束,鼓励模型仔细观察图像,从而提升视觉理解能力并生成更清晰结构化的回答。同时,设计奖励加分机制,奖励短而准确的答案,并结合动态权重机制,优先处理不确定及中等难度问题,使更具信息量的样本对训练影响更大。在2万样本的NeuraLadder数据集上,对Qwen2.5-VL-3B和Qwen2.5-VL-7B模型的实验表明,Observe-R1在推理与通用基准上均优于一系列更大规模的推理模型,推理链更加清晰简洁。消融实验证实各策略有效性,展现方法的鲁棒性与泛化能力。数据集与代码将公开于https://github.com/zrguo/Observe-R1。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Reinforcement Learning (RL) has shown promise in improving the reasoning abilities of Large Language Models (LLMs). However, the specific challenges of adapting RL to multimodal data and formats remain relatively unexplored. In this work, we present Observe-R1, a novel framework aimed at enhancing the reasoning capabilities of multimodal large language models (MLLMs). We draw inspirations from human learning progression--from simple to complex and easy to difficult, and propose a gradual learning paradigm for MLLMs. To this end, we construct the NeuraLadder dataset, which is organized and sampled according to the difficulty and complexity of data samples for RL training. To tackle multimodal tasks, we introduce a multimodal format constraint that encourages careful observation of images, resulting in enhanced visual abilities and clearer and more structured responses. Additionally, we implement a bonus reward system that favors concise, correct answers within a length constraint, alongside a dynamic weighting mechanism that prioritizes uncertain and medium-difficulty problems, ensuring that more informative samples have a greater impact on training. Our experiments with the Qwen2.5-VL-3B and Qwen2.5-VL-7B models on 20k samples from the NeuraLadder dataset show that Observe-R1 outperforms a series of larger reasoning models on both reasoning and general benchmarks, achieving superior clarity and conciseness in reasoning chains. Ablation studies validate the effectiveness of our strategies, highlighting the robustness and generalization of our approach. The dataset and code will be released at https://github.com/zrguo/Observe-R1.
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