LLM Decoding Strategies: Greedy, Sampling, and Beam Search for Master Thesis

Master the art of text generation with LLMs: explore Greedy, Sampling, and Beam Search decoding strategies to enhance your master thesis.

Greedy Decoding: Foundations and Limitations

Unit 1: Greedy Decoding Fundamentals

Unit 2: Limitations of Greedy Decoding

Unit 3: Implementing and Analyzing Greedy Decoding

Sampling Techniques: Temperature, Top-K, and Nucleus Sampling

Unit 1: Introduction to Sampling Techniques

Unit 2: Temperature Sampling

Unit 3: Top-K and Nucleus Sampling

Beam Search: Balancing Exploration and Exploitation

Unit 1: Understanding Beam Search

Unit 2: Implementing Beam Search

Unit 3: Addressing Common Issues and Comparisons

Advanced Decoding Strategies and Applications

Unit 1: Decoding Strategy Trade-offs

Unit 2: Mitigating LLM Failure Modes

Unit 3: Advanced Techniques and Applications