Structural Priors and Modular Adapters in the Composable Fine-Tuning Algorithm of Large-Scale Models

📅 2025-11-06
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Large-scale pretrained models face high computational overhead and structural instability during multi-task adaptation. Method: This paper proposes a composable fine-tuning framework that integrates graph-structured task priors with modular adapters. It constructs a task-relation graph to model inter-task dependencies, leveraging this structured prior to guide low-rank adapter parameter allocation and dynamic routing. The framework incorporates plug-and-play adapter design, relation-matrix regularization, and temperature- and gating-based control mechanisms to mitigate path conflicts and redundant computation. Contributions/Results: Experiments demonstrate significant improvements in task prediction accuracy and adapter assignment precision. The method exhibits strong robustness under hyperparameter, environmental, and data perturbations, achieving both high performance and parameter efficiency. It establishes a new paradigm for multi-task adaptation—characterized by interpretability, reusability, and structural stability—without compromising scalability or practicality.

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Machine Learning: Transfer, Domain Adaptation, Multi-Task LearningComputer Vision: Multi-modal VisionCognitive Modeling & Cognitive Systems: Adaptive Behavior

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Graph Algorithms and Modeling for the Web: Foundation models and LLMs for Web-related graphsSemantics and Knowledge: Methods to enhance, augment, integrate or synergize semantic models such as knowledge graphs and LLMsSearch and Retrieval-Augmented AI: Web learning to rank, online learning, and counterfactual learning for ranking
📝 Abstract
This paper proposes a composable fine-tuning method that integrates graph structural priors with modular adapters to address the high computational cost and structural instability faced by large-scale pre-trained models in multi-task adaptation. The method introduces a relation matrix to model dependencies among tasks, explicitly encoding correlations between nodes and paths into graph structural priors, which provide unified structural constraints for adapter weight allocation and path selection. Modular adapters are embedded into different layers through low-rank mapping and a pluggable mechanism, enabling efficient cross-task composition and reuse under prior guidance. This mechanism not only improves parameter efficiency and training stability but also alleviates path conflicts and redundant computation in multi-task scenarios. Furthermore, experiments on hyperparameter sensitivity, environmental sensitivity, and data sensitivity are conducted to systematically analyze key factors such as routing temperature, gating thresholds, and relation matrix regularization strength, verifying the consistency and superior performance of the method under structural constraints. The results demonstrate that the proposed framework significantly enhances task prediction accuracy, adapter weight allocation precision, and overall computational efficiency while maintaining model lightweight design, highlighting the synergistic advantages of graph priors and modular mechanisms in composable fine-tuning.
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Reducing computational costs in multi-task adaptation of large-scale models
Addressing structural instability through graph-based dependency modeling
Improving parameter efficiency and training stability via modular adapters
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Integrates graph structural priors with modular adapters
Uses relation matrix to model task dependencies explicitly
Employs low-rank mapping and pluggable adapter mechanism
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