An efficient strategy for fine-tuning large language models
These findings support a practical process for resource-constrained domain adaptation: use DSS to efficiently construct datasets, then select the fine-tuning modality based on available compute (full-precision when feasible; LoRA or QLoRA when memory-limited). The proposed workflow offers a general guide for efficiently fine-tuning LLMs for domain-specific tasks with limited data availability.
Authors
- Adam Michaleas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8303)
- Darrell Ricke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2842-2809)
- Benjamin M. Marsh
- Shaun Monera
- Shriya Zembruski
Institutions
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory (US)
- United States Marine Corps (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2026.1665992
- Primary Topic
- Topic Modeling
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00