Model Merging via Data-Free Covariance Estimation

arXiv:2604.01329 · cs.LG · Submitted 2026-04-01 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-04-01

Updated: 2026-09-30

Terminology

• Model Merging — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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