Hierarchical structure understanding in complex tables with VLLMs: a benchmark and experiments

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Main Authors:	Bindini, Luca, Giovannini, Simone, Marinai, Simone, Nardoni, Valeria, Ali, Kimiya Noor
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Computation and Language
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