Hybrid Reinforcement
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HERO (Hybrid Ensemble Reward Optimization) is a reinforcement learning framework that combines binary verifier feedback with continuous reward-model signals to improve LLM reasoning. By using stratified normalization and variance-aware weighting, HERO balances correctness and nuance, outperforming verifier-only and RM-only methods on diverse math reasoning benchmarks and enhancing performance on both verifiable and ambiguous tasks.
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