journal article·2025Open access

AdaptForever: Elastic and Mutual Learning for Continuous NLP Task Mastery

Ke Chen, Cheng Peng, Xinyang He, Jiakang Sun, Xu Liu, Xiaolin Qin, Yong Zhong

Computers, Materials & Continua· Volume 82· Issue 3

Abstract

In natural language processing (NLP), managing multiple downstream tasks through fine-tuning pre-trained models often requires maintaining separate task-specific models, leading to practical inefficiencies. To address this ch... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Tech Science Press
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