arXiv:2509.09801cs.CLcs.AI2025-09

分步融合两种微调方法,用更少计算提升语言模型推理能力。

HEFT: A Coarse-to-Fine Hierarchy for Enhancing the Efficiency and Accuracy of Language Model Reasoning

  • 先用低秩微调粗调权重,再用表征微调精修激活值,分层优化。
  • 仅训练3轮即达85.17%准确率,远超单方法20轮效果。
  • 适合资源有限却需强推理能力的模型定制场景。

将大语言模型(LLMs)适配到特定推理任务面临计算资源瓶颈。参数高效微调(PEFT)成为有效方案,但不同方法分别作用于模型权重空间或表征空间。本文提出一种协同策略——HEFT(分层高效微调),采用由粗到细的两阶段设计:首先使用低秩微调(LoRA)在权重空间进行全局适应,再通过表征微调(ReFT)对内部激活进行精细化调整。我们在BoolQ基准上对Llama-2-7B模型进行评估,结果显示显著协同效应:仅训练3轮的HEFT模型达到85.17%准确率,超过仅用LoRA(85.05%)或ReFT(83.36%)训练20轮的表现。该方法以极低计算开销实现更优推理性能,为大规模模型高效适配复杂认知任务提供了新路径。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

The adaptation of large language models (LLMs) to specialized reasoning tasks is fundamentally constrained by computational resources. Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) methods have emerged as a powerful solution, yet the landscape of these techniques is diverse, with distinct methods operating in either the model's weight space or its representation space. This paper investigates the hypothesis that a synergistic combination of these paradigms can unlock superior performance and efficiency. We introduce HEFT (Hierarchical Efficient Fine-Tuning), a novel hierarchical adaptation strategy that composes two distinct PEFT methods in a coarse-to-fine manner: first, a broad, foundational adaptation in the weight space using Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA), followed by a precise, surgical refinement of internal activations using Representation Fine-Tuning (ReFT). We evaluate this approach by fine-tuning a Llama-2-7B model on the BoolQ benchmark, a challenging dataset for inferential reasoning. Our results reveal a profound synergistic effect. A model fine-tuned for only three epochs with our HEFT strategy achieves an accuracy of 85.17\%, exceeding the performance of models trained for 20 epochs with either LoRA-only (85.05\%) or ReFT-only (83.36\%) methodologies. This work demonstrates that the thoughtful composition of PEFT methods is a potent algorithmic innovation, offering a more efficient and effective path toward advancing the reasoning capabilities of language models. By achieving superior results with a fraction of the computational budget, our findings present a principled approach to overcoming the obstacles inherent in adapting large-scale models for complex cognitive tasks.

语言模型推理增强参数高效微调分层优化

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