Efficient Reasoning in Large Language Models

The field of large language models (LLMs) is moving towards developing more efficient reasoning methods. Researchers are exploring ways to reduce the computational overhead associated with lengthy reasoning content, such as chain-of-thought (CoT) reasoning, without sacrificing accuracy. Various approaches are being proposed, including early exit methods, pruning techniques, and compression algorithms. These innovative methods aim to improve the efficiency of LLMs while maintaining their performance. Noteworthy papers in this area include FlashThink, which introduces a verification model to identify the exact moment when the model can stop reasoning, and R1-Compress, a two-stage chunk-level compression framework that preserves local information and coherence. Additionally, papers like DRP and ThinkSilently highlight the importance of aligning reasoning structures with model capacity and exploring diverse reasoning paths to achieve efficient and accurate reasoning.

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FlashThink: An Early Exit Method For Efficient Reasoning

DRP: Distilled Reasoning Pruning with Skill-aware Step Decomposition for Efficient Large Reasoning Models

Reasoning Path Compression: Compressing Generation Trajectories for Efficient LLM Reasoning

Can Pruning Improve Reasoning? Revisiting Long-CoT Compression with Capability in Mind for Better Reasoning

Prolonged Reasoning Is Not All You Need: Certainty-Based Adaptive Routing for Efficient LLM/MLLM Reasoning

ThinkLess: A Training-Free Inference-Efficient Method for Reducing Reasoning Redundancy

EquivPruner: Boosting Efficiency and Quality in LLM-Based Search via Action Pruning

Think Silently, Think Fast: Dynamic Latent Compression of LLM Reasoning Chains

R1-Compress: Long Chain-of-Thought Compression via Chunk Compression and Search

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