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Keep the Lineages Alive: Diversity-Preserving SMC for Diffusion LLM Decoding

Minoo Ahmadi, Seyedarmin Azizi, Mehdi Kamal, Massoud Pedram

Changes resampling in diffusion-model search to preserve more distinct candidate histories, combining unequal-weight resampling with a floor on low weights. Tests the effect on candidate coverage and final-answer accuracy under several answer-selection rules.

First public: · Added to this list: October 22, 2026

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arXiv:2610.25932 · Initial submission: 2026-10-19

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Alternative generation methods — Change how intermediate steps are generated, revised, or searched—for example, by refining several steps in parallel. Some produce written chains of thought.