Towards Minimizing Feature Drift in Model Merging: Layer-wise Task Vector Fusion for Adaptive Knowledge Integration

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Main Authors:	Sun, Wenju, Li, Qingyong, Wang, Wen, Liu, Yang, Geng, Yangli-ao, Li, Boyang
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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