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.
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Greedy Decoding: Foundations and Limitations
Unit 1: Greedy Decoding Fundamentals
Intro to Decoding
What is Greedy Decoding?
Advantages of Greedy
Greedy Decoding Use Cases
Greedy: A Quick Recap
Unit 2: Limitations of Greedy Decoding
The Problem with Greedy
Repetition in Text
Local vs. Global Optimum
Context Matters!
Greedy's Downside: Recap
Unit 3: Implementing and Analyzing Greedy Decoding
Greedy Decoding: Code
Running the Code
Analyzing the Output
Improve Greedy Output
Greedy: Final Thoughts
Sampling Techniques: Temperature, Top-K, and Nucleus Sampling
Unit 1: Introduction to Sampling Techniques
Beyond Greedy Decoding
What is Probability?
Sampling: A Basic Approach
Sampling's Randomness
When Sampling Goes Wrong
Unit 2: Temperature Sampling
Tuning the Temperature
Temp = 1: No Effect
High Temperature
Low Temperature
Practical Temperature Tuning
Unit 3: Top-K and Nucleus Sampling
Top-K Sampling Intro
Choosing the Right K
Top-P (Nucleus) Intro
Picking the Right P
K vs. P: Key Differences
Beam Search: Balancing Exploration and Exploitation
Unit 1: Understanding Beam Search
Intro to Beam Search
Beam Search Steps
Beam Width Explained
Exploration vs. Exploit
Beam Search: An Example
Unit 2: Implementing Beam Search
Setting Up Beam Search
Coding Beam Search
Beam Search: Putting It All
Tuning Beam Search
Evaluating Beam Search
Unit 3: Addressing Common Issues and Comparisons
Length Normalization
Early Stopping
Beam Search vs. Greedy
Beam Search vs. Sampling
Decoding Strategy Choice
Advanced Decoding Strategies and Applications
Unit 1: Decoding Strategy Trade-offs
Decoding Strategy Costs
Output Quality Analysis
Diversity in Decoding
Strategy Selection Guide
Resource Constraints
Unit 2: Mitigating LLM Failure Modes
Repetition Avoidance
Enhancing Coherence
Hallucination Reduction
Prompt Engineering's Role
Failure Mode Case Studies
Unit 3: Advanced Techniques and Applications
Contrastive Decoding
Lookahead Decoding
Domain-Specific Decoding
Thesis Applications
Future Directions