Group Sequence Policy Optimization

Reward lands on the whole sequence — so the importance ratio should too, not per token

Zheng et al. (Qwen Team) · arXiv 2025 · Reasoning & RL. Read the paper ↗

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What is Group Sequence Policy Optimization?

Reward lands on the whole sequence — so the importance ratio should too, not per token

Who published Group Sequence Policy Optimization, and where?

Zheng et al. (Qwen Team) — arXiv 2025 (arXiv:2507.18071).

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