arXiv:2511.06237cs.LGcs.AI2025-11

让大模型持续学习不遗忘,用模块化稀疏路由实现高效更新

Mixtures of SubExperts for Large Language Continual Learning

  • 将模型能力分解为可复用的子专家模块,通过动态路由选择组合
  • 在两个数据集上减少遗忘、提升新任务迁移效果,参数增长低于线性
  • 适合需要长期学习且资源受限的大模型场景

在大语言模型中实现持续学习需解决稳定性与可塑性的矛盾(即在不覆盖旧知识的前提下吸收新知识),同时在参数增长受限的情况下保持可扩展性。现有参数高效微调方法无法兼顾这三者:共享参数方法易产生灾难性干扰,而任务隔离式扩展又阻碍知识迁移且呈线性增长。我们提出混合子专家(MoSEs),一种模块化、稀疏的框架,将模型容量分解为可复用的、可组合的基元。MoSEs 在 Transformer 层中引入轻量级子专家和一个可学习的子路由函数,该函数根据任务输入动态选择并组合稀疏的模块子集。这实现了参数空间的结构化分解,使知识局部化但可访问,缓解了干扰并保留了复用性。具体而言,MoSEs 通过三大支柱平衡该矛盾:(i) 通过稀疏激活模块隔离知识以保障稳定性;(ii) 通过路由驱动的重组与选择性扩展实现可塑性;(iii) 通过子线性增长维持可扩展性。值得注意的是,路由机制支持组合泛化,使新任务可表示为已有子功能的组合。我们在 TRACE 与 SuperNI 数据集上实证验证,相比强基线方法,MoSEs 显著降低遗忘率、提升正向迁移性能,并具有更优的参数效率。MoSEs 建立了新的帕累托前沿,在严格参数预算下实现最先进性能。结果表明,模块化稀疏与组合路由是构建持续学习型基础模型的关键归纳偏置。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Enabling lifelong learning in LLMs demands resolving the stability-plasticity dilemma (i.e., models must incorporate new knowledge without overwriting prior representations) while maintaining scalability under bounded parameter growth. Existing PEFT methods fail to satisfy this triad; shared-parameter approaches suffer from catastrophic interference, while task-isolated expansions preclude knowledge transfer and scale linearly. We propose Mixtures of SubExperts (MoSEs), a modular and sparse framework that factorizes model capacity into reusable, compositional primitives. MoSEs augment transformer layers with lightweight SubExperts and a learned sub-routing function that dynamically selects and composes a sparse subset of modules conditioned on task inputs. This induces a structured decomposition of the parameter space where knowledge is localized yet accessible, mitigating interference while preserving reuse. Specifically, MoSEs balance the dilemma via three pillars: (i) stability by isolating knowledge within sparsely activated modules, (ii) plasticity through routing-driven recombination and selective expansion, and (iii) scalability via sublinear growth in effective capacity. Notably, the routing mechanism enables compositional generalization, allowing new tasks to be represented as combinations of previously acquired sub-functions. We empirically validate MoSEs on TRACE and SuperNI, showing reduced forgetting, improved forward transfer, and better parameter efficiency over strong PEFT baselines. MoSEs establish a new Pareto frontier, achieving state-of-the-art performance while maintaining strict parameter budgets. Our results suggest that modular sparsity and compositional routing are key inductive biases for building foundation models that continually learn without saturation.

持续学习模块化稀疏路由参数效率

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