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Qinwu Xu

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Machine LearningComputation and LanguageArtificial IntelligenceComputer Visioncond-mat.mtrl-sciDatabasesmath.OC

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preprint2026arXiv

Multilingual OCR-Aware Fine-Tuning and Prompt-Guided Chain-of-Thought Reasoning for Multimodal Large Language Models

Optical character recognition (OCR) and multilingual text understanding remain major failure modes of multimodal large language models (MLLMs), particularly in real-world images containing cluttered layouts, small fonts, blur, occlusion, and complex typography. We present an OCR-aware multilingual multimodal training framework that combines (i) large-scale synthetic OCR-to-translation data generation, (ii) OCR-aware supervised fine-tuning (SFT) with LoRA adaptation, and (iii) structured visual chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting for reasoning under uncertain visual conditions. Using a LLaMA-based multimodal architecture, the proposed framework substantially improves OCR completeness, multilingual translation accuracy, and robustness under degraded visual conditions. Experimental results on multilingual receipts, menus, posters, signs, handwritten text, and document images demonstrate significantly improved visual-text grounding compared with the baseline model. In particular, the proposed OCR-aware post-training framework improves extraction of small, blurred, spatially scattered, and partially occluded text while reducing reliance on language priors under uncertain OCR conditions. Qualitative comparisons with frontier multimodal systems, including GPT-5-class and Gemini-family models, further suggest improved OCR grounding and reduced hallucination under noisy and visually ambiguous OCR scenarios. Overall, the results indicate that data-centric OCR-aware multimodal post-training provides an effective and scalable direction for improving multilingual OCR and OCR-based visual question answering systems.

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preprint2026arXiv

Reducing Hallucination in Vision-Language Models via Stage-wise Preference Optimization under Distribution Shift

Hallucination remains a fundamental challenge in vision-language models (VLMs), where autoregressive generation may produce linguistically plausible yet physically inconsistent or visually ungrounded responses due to likelihood maximization under joint probabilistic modeling. We propose a stage-wise preference optimization framework for hallucination reduction through targeted multimodal data construction. Rather than directly optimizing on generic instruction-following data, our approach progressively constructs hallucination-focused preference pairs near known failure boundaries. The framework emphasizes ambiguous spatial orientation, object relationships, OCR uncertainty, and adversarial false-premise training. Hallucinated negatives are generated through minimally perturbed yet visually inconsistent alternatives, enabling Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) to better separate grounded reasoning from plausible hallucination. Experiments on open-source benchmarks and real-world multimodal evaluation scenarios demonstrate improved grounding consistency, reduced hallucination, and more informative grounded responses. Cross-model qualitative evaluation further shows that the proposed multimodal LLM DPO framework produces more visually grounded responses than several frontier proprietary VLMs, such as in ambiguous spatial reasoning and adversarial false-premise settings. The results suggest that hallucination may arise not only from limited model capacity, but also from inherent tendencies of autoregressive probabilistic generation to favor linguistically plausible continuations under weak visual grounding. Future work may explore physical consistency modeling, uncertainty-aware multimodal reasoning, and architectural alternatives beyond standard autoregressive decoding.

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preprint2026arXiv

Robust Checkpoint Selection for Multimodal LLMs via Agentic Evaluation and Stability-Aware Ranking

Checkpoint selection for multimodal large language models (MLLMs) presents significant challenges when performance differentials are marginal and evaluation signals are prone to noise. Existing methodologies rely heavily on static benchmarks or pointwise scoring, which frequently misalign with in-the-wild usage and lack robust uncertainty estimation, particularly in OCR-heavy scenarios. In this work, we formulate checkpoint selection as a robust decision problem under evaluation uncertainty. We propose a multi-stage framework that integrates curated real-world data, structured LLM-based judgment, and multi-stage ranking protocols. The evaluation system orchestrates progressive refinement via pointwise filtering, listwise ranking, and pairwise comparison. To enhance reliability, we introduce subsampling-based confidence estimation and a percentile-based scoring formulation that captures distributional characteristics while penalizing tail failures. Furthermore, we demonstrate that data quality, specifically OCR readability, is a critical determinant of evaluation validity.

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preprint2024arXiv

A Multi-objective Newton Optimization Algorithm for Hyper-Parameter Search

This study proposes a Newton based multiple objective optimization algorithm for hyperparameter search. The first order differential (gradient) is calculated using finite difference method and a gradient matrix with vectorization is formed for fast computation. The Newton Raphson iterative solution is used to update model parameters with iterations, and a regularization term is included to eliminate the singularity issue. The algorithm is applied to search the optimal probability threshold (a vector of eight parameters) for a multiclass object detection problem of a convolutional neural network. The algorithm quickly finds the improved parameter values to produce an overall higher true positive (TP) and lower false positive (FP) rates, as compared to using the default value of 0.5. In comparison, the Bayesian optimization generates lower performance in the testing case. However, the performance and parameter values may oscillate for some cases during iterations, which may be due to the data driven stochastic nature of the subject. Therefore, the optimal parameter value can be identified from a list of iteration steps according to the optimal TP and FP results.

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preprint2016arXiv

A mathematical and Physical Model Improves Accuracy in Simulating Solid Material Relaxation Modulus and Viscoelastic Responses

We propose a new material viscoelastic model and mathematical solution to simulate relaxation modulus and viscoelastic response. The model formula of relaxation modulus is extended from sigmoidal function considering nonlinear strain hardening and softening. Its physical mechanism can be interpreted by a spring network viscous medium model with only five parameters in a simpler format than the molecular-chain based polymer models to represent general materials. We also developed a three-dimensional finite-element method and robust numerical algorithms to implement this model for solving partial differential equations. We validate the model through both experimental data and numerical simulations on a broad range of materials including bitumen, shape-memory polymer, spider-inspired silk, hydrogel, biomaterials and bone. By satisfying the 2nd law of thermodynamics in the form of Calusius-Duhem inequality, the model is able to simulate creep and sinusoidal deformation, and energy dissipation. As compared to Prony series, the most general model being used often with a large number of model parameters, the proposed model has improved accuracy in fitting experimental data and predicting modulus outside of the experimental range, and the latter one is especially useful for material design. The new model also has higher numerical accuracy while competitive numerical stability and computation speed for convergence.

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