arXiv:2512.24818cs.LG2025-12

无需正则化,直接实现零和博弈中偏好反馈的线性收敛。

Unregularized Linear Convergence in Zero-Sum Game from Preference Feedback

  • 采用无正则化的优化算法,直接求解人类偏好中的纳什均衡。
  • 在存在完整支持均衡时,达到实例相关的线性收敛速度。
  • 适用于大模型对齐,尤其适合处理非传递性偏好场景。

将大型语言模型与人类偏好对齐已被证明有效,但标准偏好建模(如Bradley-Terry模型)假设偏好具有传递性,忽略了人类群体偏好的复杂性。纳什学习从人类反馈(NLHF)通过将非传递偏好建模为双人零和博弈,将对齐问题转化为寻找纳什均衡(NE)。然而,现有算法通常依赖正则化,导致在计算原始博弈对偶间隙时引入不可避免的偏差。本文首次为乐观乘法权重更新(OMWU)在NLHF中的收敛性提供理论保证:当存在全支持的纳什均衡时,该算法在烧蚀期后可实现最后迭代的线性收敛,且收敛速率是实例相关的,以对偶间隙度量。相比Wei等(2020)的结果,本工作不依赖纳什均衡唯一性假设。分析揭示了一种新的边际收敛行为:冷门动作的概率从指数极小值开始呈指数增长,从而实现比先前结果更优的实例相关常数依赖。实验在表格与神经策略类上均验证了OMWU的理论优势,展现出其在大模型应用中的潜力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Aligning large language models (LLMs) with human preferences has proven effective for enhancing model capabilities, yet standard preference modeling using the Bradley-Terry model assumes transitivity, overlooking the inherent complexity of human population preferences. Nash learning from human feedback (NLHF) addresses this by framing non-transitive preferences as a two-player zero-sum game, where alignment reduces to finding the Nash equilibrium (NE). However, existing algorithms typically rely on regularization, incurring unavoidable bias when computing the duality gap in the original game. In this work, we provide the first convergence guarantee for Optimistic Multiplicative Weights Update ($\mathtt{OMWU}$) in NLHF, showing that it achieves last-iterate linear convergence after a burn-in phase whenever an NE with full support exists, with an instance-dependent linear convergence rate to the original NE, measured by duality gaps. Compared to prior results in Wei et al. (2020), we do not require the assumption of NE uniqueness. Our analysis identifies a novel marginal convergence behavior, where the probability of rarely played actions grows exponentially from exponentially small values, enabling exponentially better dependence on instance-dependent constants than prior results. Experiments corroborate the theoretical strengths of $\mathtt{OMWU}$ in both tabular and neural policy classes, demonstrating its potential for LLM applications.

偏好对齐零和博弈纳什均衡线性收敛

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