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Reference Policy in DPO's Penalty Term
In the Direct Policy Optimization (DPO) training objective, the penalty term utilizes a reference policy, denoted as . This policy is typically a fixed, supervised fine-tuned version of the language model that serves as a stable baseline. The penalty term's function is to regularize the optimized policy, , discouraging it from deviating significantly from this reference, which helps maintain response quality and training stability.
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Ch.4 Alignment - Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models Course
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