arXiv Computation and Language

STEP: Soft Trajectory Estimation of Prediction Correctness via Per-Step Probability Scoring

arXiv Computation and Language
Aug 28

Boosting LLM Exploration via Weak-Model Guidance in RLVR

The paper introduces a method to enhance large language model (LLM) exploration in Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) by guiding the target model with partial reasoning trajectories from smaller, weaker language models. This weak-model guidance disrupts over‑confidence, preserves generative diversity, and mitigates entropy collapse without extra fine‑tuning or complex reward designs. Experiments on mathematical benchmarks show consistent improvements over vanilla RLVR, especially as the number of allowed attempts ($k$) increases, indicating broader reasoning coverage.

By Xingyu Shen, Huishuai Zhang, Peng Li, Yinchun Wang, Dongyan Zhao
arXiv Computation and Language
Aug 25

Beyond Factual Knowledge: Benchmarking and Learning Step-Level Procedural Rule Reasoning in Large Language Models

arXiv:2608.22753v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) excel at text understanding and generation, yet still struggle to reliably understand and apply externally provided proced...

By Bohan Yu, Pengfei Cao, Chen Han, Chenxi Zhou, Zhiheng Zhang, Zhiyang Xie, Wenhao Teng, Xiangwen Liao, Jun Zhao, Kang Liu