arXiv:2510.11104cs.CLcs.AI2025-10

用模型自信度引导推理路径,提升大模型逻辑能力

Enhancing LLM Reasoning via Non-Human-Like Reasoning Path Preference Optimization

  • 基于模型自身置信度识别推理中的高不确定性点
  • 在75%错误案例中,首次错误前的低置信点是更优监督位置
  • 用小模型自动生成非人类推理路径,效果优于人类标注

当前增强大语言模型推理的方法往往偏向人类式推理轨迹。在分步偏好优化中,依赖人类或强模型对中间步骤的标注,限制了对非人类式推理路径的探索,从而制约性能提升。我们通过小规模实验发现,在约75%的情况下,模型首次出错发生在最低置信度点之后。这表明,在错误发生前的低置信点进行引导,比定位首个显性错误提供更精准的监督。本文提出置信度引导推理路径偏好优化(CGPO),利用置信度信号识别模型推理过程中的最大不确定性点,并施加自生成的非人类式推理路径指导以缓解轨迹漂移。实验覆盖多种模型及代码与数学推理任务。结果表明,在相同训练数据量下,使用小模型生成的数据,本方法在多数情况下表现优于使用强模型生成或人工标注的数据。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Current approaches for strengthening LLM reasoning tend to introduce a training bias toward human-like reasoning trajectories. In step-wise preference optimization, in particular, dependence on human or higher-capacity model annotations for intermediate steps limits exploration of alternative, non-human-like reasoning paths and thus constrains achievable performance. Furthermore, through a small-scale pilot study, we observed that in approximately 75% of cases, the model's first erroneous step occurs after the lowest-confidence point. This suggests that guiding the model at its lowest-confidence point before an error provides more accurate supervision than locating the first explicit error. In this paper, we propose Confidence-Guided Reasoning Path Preference Optimization (CGPO), a method that leverages a confidence signal to identify points of maximal uncertainty in the model's reasoning process and applies self-generated, non-human-like reasoning-path guidance to mitigate trajectory drift. Our experiments span diverse models applied to both code and mathematical reasoning tasks. The results show that, with the same amount of training data, our method using data generated by a small model can achieve better performance in most cases compared with approaches using data generated by a strong model or human-annotated.

大模型推理偏好优化置信度引导

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