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7 papers

cs.LG2025

Beyond Markovian: Reflective Exploration via Bayes-Adaptive RL for LLM Reasoning

Shenao Zhang, Yaqing Wang, Yinxiao Liu +5

Large Language Models (LLMs) trained via Reinforcement Learning (RL) have exhibited strong reasoning capabilities and emergent reflective behaviors, such as rethinking and error co…

cs.LG2025

Learning to Reason as Action Abstractions with Scalable Mid-Training RL

Shenao Zhang, Donghan Yu, Yihao Feng +4

Large language models excel with reinforcement learning (RL), but fully unlocking this potential requires a mid-training stage. An effective mid-training phase should identify a co…

cs.LG2025

BRiTE: Bootstrapping Reinforced Thinking Process to Enhance Language Model Reasoning

Han Zhong, Yutong Yin, Shenao Zhang +10

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in complex reasoning tasks, yet generating reliable reasoning processes remains a significant challenge. We p…

cs.LG2025

Reward-Augmented Data Enhances Direct Preference Alignment of LLMs

Shenao Zhang, Zhihan Liu, Boyi Liu +6

Preference alignment in Large Language Models (LLMs) has significantly improved their ability to adhere to human instructions and intentions. However, existing direct alignment alg…

cs.AI2024

Hindsight Planner: A Closed-Loop Few-Shot Planner for Embodied Instruction Following

Yuxiao Yang, Shenao Zhang, Zhihan Liu +2

This work focuses on building a task planner for Embodied Instruction Following (EIF) using Large Language Models (LLMs). Previous works typically train a planner to imitate expert…

cs.SE2024

DSTC: Direct Preference Learning with Only Self-Generated Tests and Code to Improve Code LMs

Zhihan Liu, Shenao Zhang, Yongfei Liu +3

Direct preference learning offers a promising and computation-efficient beyond supervised fine-tuning (SFT) for improving code generation in coding large language models (LMs). How…