A Unified View of Delta Parameter Editing in Post-Trained Large-Scale Models

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Auteurs principaux: Tang, Qiaoyu, Yu, Le, Yu, Bowen, Lin, Hongyu, Lu, Keming, Lu, Yaojie, Han, Xianpei, Sun, Le
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author Tang, Qiaoyu
Yu, Le
Yu, Bowen
Lin, Hongyu
Lu, Keming
Lu, Yaojie
Han, Xianpei
Sun, Le
author_facet Tang, Qiaoyu
Yu, Le
Yu, Bowen
Lin, Hongyu
Lu, Keming
Lu, Yaojie
Han, Xianpei
Sun, Le
contents Post-training has emerged as a crucial paradigm for adapting large-scale pre-trained models to various tasks, whose effects are fully reflected by delta parameters (i.e., the disparity between post-trained and pre-trained parameters). While numerous studies have explored delta parameter properties via operations like pruning, quantization, low-rank approximation, and extrapolation, a unified framework for systematically examining these characteristics has been lacking. In this paper, we propose a novel perspective based on Riemann sum approximation of the loss function to elucidate delta parameter editing operations. Our analysis categorizes existing methods into three classes based on their post-editing performance: competitive, decreased, and improved, explaining how they are expressed by the Riemann sum approximation term and how they alter the model performance. Extensive experiments on both visual and language models, including ViT, LLaMA 3, Qwen 2, and Mistral, corroborate our theoretical findings. Furthermore, we introduce extensions to existing techniques like DARE and BitDelta, highlighting their limitations in leveraging the properties of delta parameters and reorganizing them into general expressions to enhance the applicability and effectiveness of delta parameter editing in post-trained models.
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spellingShingle A Unified View of Delta Parameter Editing in Post-Trained Large-Scale Models
Tang, Qiaoyu
Yu, Le
Yu, Bowen
Lin, Hongyu
Lu, Keming
Lu, Yaojie
Han, Xianpei
Sun, Le
Machine Learning
Computation and Language
Post-training has emerged as a crucial paradigm for adapting large-scale pre-trained models to various tasks, whose effects are fully reflected by delta parameters (i.e., the disparity between post-trained and pre-trained parameters). While numerous studies have explored delta parameter properties via operations like pruning, quantization, low-rank approximation, and extrapolation, a unified framework for systematically examining these characteristics has been lacking. In this paper, we propose a novel perspective based on Riemann sum approximation of the loss function to elucidate delta parameter editing operations. Our analysis categorizes existing methods into three classes based on their post-editing performance: competitive, decreased, and improved, explaining how they are expressed by the Riemann sum approximation term and how they alter the model performance. Extensive experiments on both visual and language models, including ViT, LLaMA 3, Qwen 2, and Mistral, corroborate our theoretical findings. Furthermore, we introduce extensions to existing techniques like DARE and BitDelta, highlighting their limitations in leveraging the properties of delta parameters and reorganizing them into general expressions to enhance the applicability and effectiveness of delta parameter editing in post-trained models.
title A Unified View of Delta Parameter Editing in Post-Trained Large-Scale Models
topic Machine Learning
Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.13841