arXiv:2605.23398cs.IR2026-05

用多轮模型融合提升大模型对齐稳定性,解决迭代优化中的误差累积问题。

TPMM-DPO: Trajectory-aware Preference-guided Model Merging for Iterative Direct Preference Optimization

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  • 将多轮训练的模型视为优化轨迹,自适应融合生成更稳健的参考模型。
  • 在域内和域外评估中均实现更高胜率与奖励分,避免中后期性能下降。
  • 适合追求训练稳定性和泛化能力的LLM对齐研究者使用。

直接偏好优化(DPO)因其训练流程简单且无需显式奖励模型而被广泛用于大语言模型对齐。然而,在迭代DPO中,若持续使用前一轮的策略模型作为参考模型,偏好数据中的噪声和参考模型本身的误差会随时间累积,导致后期过拟合、性能波动及泛化能力下降。为此,本文提出TPMM-DPO,一种轨迹感知的偏好引导模型融合方法。该方法将迭代DPO过程中生成的一系列策略模型视为优化轨迹,通过学习得到的融合权重进行自适应整合,构建更平滑、更鲁棒的参考模型。相比传统仅依赖单一前序模型的迭代DPO,TPMM-DPO有效缓解了由噪声偏好引发的误差累积,显著提升训练稳定性。实验表明,标准迭代DPO常在中后期出现性能退化,而TPMM-DPO持续提升生成质量,在域内与域外评估中均取得更高胜率与奖励得分。消融实验与鲁棒性分析进一步验证:相较于简单平均,可学习权重融合更能有效缓解噪声偏好带来的晚期性能下降。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) has been widely adopted for large language model alignment due to its simple training procedure and lack of an explicit reward model. However, in iterative DPO, when the policy model from the previous iteration is repeatedly used as the reference model for subsequent rounds, noise in preference data and errors in the reference model accumulate over time. This accumulation can lead to late-stage over-optimization, performance fluctuations, and degraded generalization. To address these issues, we propose TPMM-DPO, a trajectory-aware preference-guided model merging method. The method treats the sequence of policy models generated during iterative DPO as an optimization trajectory and adaptively integrates them using learned fusion weights, thereby constructing a smoother and more robust reference model. In contrast to conventional iterative DPO, which relies solely on a single previous model, TPMM-DPO effectively mitigates error accumulation induced by noisy preferences and improves training stability. Experimental results show that standard iterative DPO often suffers from performance degradation in the middle and later stages of training, whereas TPMM-DPO consistently improves generation quality and achieves higher win rates and reward scores on both in-domain and out-of-domain evaluations. Further ablation studies and robustness analyses demonstrate that, compared with simple averaging, learnable-weight fusion more effectively alleviates late-stage performance degradation caused by noisy preferences.

模型融合对齐优化训练稳定

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