arXiv AI By Zhuo Zuo, Li Yue, Wenhao Zheng, Chenpeng Wang, Xianggen Liu

Enhancing Numerical Prediction in LLMs via Smooth MMD Alignment

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arXiv:2606. 27731v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Despite their strong general capabilities, large language models (LLMs) often remain unreliable when outputs must be numerically precise.

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