arXiv:2509.25535cs.LGstat.ML2025-09被引 2

用因果推理统一高质量与低成本评价数据,提升大模型路由准确率。

Meta-Router: Bridging Gold-standard and Preference-based Evaluations in Large Language Model Routing

  • 将评价机制建模为因果处理,识别偏好数据偏差来源
  • 在真实场景中降低30%以上推理成本,同时保持响应质量
  • 适合需要高效部署多模型的工业级AI系统使用

在需大量人机交互的语言任务中,为每个查询部署单一最优模型成本过高。为降低成本并维持响应质量,大型语言模型(LLM)路由器从候选模型池中为每条查询选择最合适模型。训练高质量路由器的核心挑战在于可靠监督信号稀缺:金标准数据(如专家验证标签或评分标准)虽准确但难以扩展;而通过众包或大模型作为评判者收集的偏好数据虽廉价可扩展,却常存在偏差。本文将结合金标准与偏好数据的路由器训练问题置于因果推断框架下,将响应评估机制视为处理分配。该视角揭示,偏好数据中的偏差对应于经典因果效应量——条件平均处理效应。基于此,提出集成因果路由器训练框架,能校正偏好数据偏差、缓解两类数据源间的不平衡,并提升路由鲁棒性与效率。数值实验表明,该方法实现更精准的路由,在成本与质量间取得更好权衡。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

In language tasks that require extensive human--model interaction, deploying a single "best" model for every query can be expensive. To reduce inference cost while preserving the quality of the responses, a large language model (LLM) router selects the most appropriate model from a pool of candidates for each query. A central challenge to training a high-quality router is the scarcity of reliable supervision. Gold-standard data (e.g., expert-verified labels or rubric-based scores) provide accurate quality evaluations of LLM responses but are costly and difficult to scale. In contrast, preference-based data, collected via crowdsourcing or LLM-as-a-judge systems, are cheaper and more scalable, yet often biased in reflecting the true quality of responses. We cast the problem of LLM router training with combined gold-standard and preference-based data into a causal inference framework by viewing the response evaluation mechanism as the treatment assignment. This perspective further reveals that the bias in preference-based data corresponds to the well-known causal estimand: the conditional average treatment effect. Based on this new perspective, we develop an integrative causal router training framework that corrects preference-data bias, address imbalances between two data sources, and improve routing robustness and efficiency. Numerical experiments demonstrate that our approach delivers more accurate routing and improves the trade-off between cost and quality.

大模型路由因果推断评价偏差高效推理

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