arXiv:2602.03237cs.LGcs.CL2026-02被引 1

通过激活引导的旋转机制,实现高效流式更新大模型。

Merging Beyond: Streaming LLM Updates via Activation-Guided Rotations

  • 用激活子空间生成旋转向量,动态调整参数更新方向。
  • 仅需早期微调快照,迭代合并后超越完全收敛模型。
  • 适合需要持续优化的大模型部署场景,轻量高效。

大语言模型规模不断增长,亟需高效的适应技术。模型合并因其高效与可控性受到关注,但现有方法多为事后优化或缓解任务干扰,难以捕捉监督微调(SFT)的动态优化优势。本文提出流式合并(Streaming Merging),将合并视为迭代优化过程。核心是激活引导的旋转感知合并(ARM),通过将合并系数视为学习率,并从激活子空间中推导旋转向量,使参数更新沿数据驱动轨迹进行。相比传统线性插值,ARM对齐语义子空间,保持高维参数演化的几何结构。令人惊讶的是,ARM仅需早期SFT检查点,通过迭代合并即超越完全收敛的SFT模型。在1.7B至14B模型规模及数学、代码等多样化领域上的实验表明,ARM可突破已收敛检查点性能。大量实验证明,该方法为高效模型适应提供了可扩展、轻量的框架。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

The escalating scale of Large Language Models (LLMs) necessitates efficient adaptation techniques. Model merging has gained prominence for its efficiency and controllability. However, existing merging techniques typically serve as post-hoc refinements or focus on mitigating task interference, often failing to capture the dynamic optimization benefits of supervised fine-tuning (SFT). In this work, we propose Streaming Merging, an innovative model updating paradigm that conceptualizes merging as an iterative optimization process. Central to this paradigm is \textbf{ARM} (\textbf{A}ctivation-guided \textbf{R}otation-aware \textbf{M}erging), a strategy designed to approximate gradient descent dynamics. By treating merging coefficients as learning rates and deriving rotation vectors from activation subspaces, ARM effectively steers parameter updates along data-driven trajectories. Unlike conventional linear interpolation, ARM aligns semantic subspaces to preserve the geometric structure of high-dimensional parameter evolution. Remarkably, ARM requires only early SFT checkpoints and, through iterative merging, surpasses the fully converged SFT model. Experimental results across model scales (1.7B to 14B) and diverse domains (e.g., math, code) demonstrate that ARM can transcend converged checkpoints. Extensive experiments show that ARM provides a scalable and lightweight framework for efficient model adaptation.

大模型更新模型合并流式学习激活引导

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