Mizan: A National Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Models on Iraqi Arabic and the Iraqi Civic Context
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Authors
- Mustafa S. Aljumaily (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7886-9537)
- Nawar S. Alseelawi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-2349)
Institutions
- University of Misan (IQ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22714865
- Primary Topic
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Type
- preprint