Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models

As of 16 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 20 of 20 outbound references and 1 inbound Pith citation observation for arXiv:2507.20150.

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measured 1 of 1 inbound itemization

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Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-08-03T12:19:34.840954Z

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Outbound references

Observation 5a7b6546-5f47-4b35-ac84-a2438a216ce7 · outbound

This paper cites L1: Controlling How Long A Reasoning Model Thinks With Reinforcement Learning.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models L1: Controlling How Long A Reasoning Model Thinks With Reinforcement Learning

Reference 1

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Observation b1e01e78-4e71-473c-94a6-2deb1c3f5060 · outbound

This paper cites Constitutional AI: Harmlessness from AI Feedback.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Constitutional AI: Harmlessness from AI Feedback

Reference 3

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Observation ef49e7f3-9dab-4f2f-8752-72992aa824ae · outbound

This paper cites Defense Against Reward Poisoning Attacks in Reinforcement Learning.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Defense Against Reward Poisoning Attacks in Reinforcement Learning

Reference 5

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Observation 08201b88-4bc2-466f-99b0-7405c37ae0b0 · outbound

This paper cites Scaling Reasoning, Losing Control: Evaluating Instruction Following in Large Reasoning Models.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Scaling Reasoning, Losing Control: Evaluating Instruction Following in Large Reasoning Models

Reference 7

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Observation 0fc187ff-f529-490d-ac32-1ed0bab4e3bd · outbound

This paper cites Deliberative Alignment: Reasoning Enables Safer Language Models.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Deliberative Alignment: Reasoning Enables Safer Language Models

Reference 8

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Observation 0ae26018-5913-4345-bf2f-319ccf727136 · outbound

This paper cites Crossing the Reward Bridge: Expanding RL with Verifiable Rewards Across Diverse Domains.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Crossing the Reward Bridge: Expanding RL with Verifiable Rewards Across Diverse Domains

Reference 15

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Observation 00fe4cc6-6b70-4895-b35d-e92c2d86bd2c · outbound

This paper cites Stop Overthinking: A Survey on Efficient Reasoning for Large Language Models.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Stop Overthinking: A Survey on Efficient Reasoning for Large Language Models

Reference 16

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Observation 803f4fed-0a88-4288-a3d0-ba591b2e511d · outbound

This paper cites Qwen3 Technical Report.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Qwen3 Technical Report

Reference 18

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Observation 5d513ce0-0a9e-4640-9569-6636b90a197a · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Unresolved cited work

Reference 19

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Observation 15b88e43-d525-4a12-8c13-5251498e696f · outbound

This paper cites spurious reasoning.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models spurious reasoning

Reference 20

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Observation 78913d69-3cbb-4bef-9023-1c2d92327ffc · outbound

This paper cites Towards Reasoning Era: A Survey of Long Chain-of-Thought for Reasoning Large Language Models.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Towards Reasoning Era: A Survey of Long Chain-of-Thought for Reasoning Large Language Models

Reference 1963

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Observation d70c39aa-a11a-4a9d-816c-329a2cd21bb1 · outbound

This paper cites A survey of efficient reasoning for large reasoning models: Language, multimodality, and beyond.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models A survey of efficient reasoning for large reasoning models: Language, multimodality, and beyond

Reference 2005

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Observation f50b2653-10c6-49bf-975f-081d70d6f876 · outbound

This paper cites Proximal Policy Optimization Algorithms.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Proximal Policy Optimization Algorithms

Reference 2013

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Observation 4eb82b6c-d6ae-483f-bd21-7cc8eca0f49b · outbound

This paper cites HybridFlow: A Flexible and Efficient RLHF Framework.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models HybridFlow: A Flexible and Efficient RLHF Framework

Reference 2017

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Observation 6183f9fc-4be1-4bdf-953a-7cd4438515d7 · outbound

This paper cites OpenRLHF: An Easy-to-use, Scalable and High-performance RLHF Framework.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models OpenRLHF: An Easy-to-use, Scalable and High-performance RLHF Framework

Reference 2018

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Observation fd17ebcf-4b39-4eac-af62-47d1c12e5df4 · outbound

This paper cites Reinforcement Learning for Reasoning in Large Language Models with One Training Example.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Reinforcement Learning for Reasoning in Large Language Models with One Training Example

Reference 2020

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Observation 4c93f222-a987-42fb-b239-849d117f537f · outbound

This paper cites Monitoring Reasoning Models for Misbehavior and the Risks of Promoting Obfuscation.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Monitoring Reasoning Models for Misbehavior and the Risks of Promoting Obfuscation

Reference 2022

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Observation 0c63d43f-c85a-4e12-882d-bfe71776b201 · outbound

This paper cites MoDoMoDo: Multi-Domain Data Mixtures for Multimodal LLM Reinforcement Learning.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models MoDoMoDo: Multi-Domain Data Mixtures for Multimodal LLM Reinforcement Learning

Reference 2023

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Observation 3826fd40-049f-4b4b-bdde-f91ab48284b9 · outbound

This paper cites DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via Reinforcement Learning.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via Reinforcement Learning

Reference 2024

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Observation fc062070-efd6-41d5-ba8a-75fbb2cef70e · outbound

This paper cites Qwen2.5-VL Technical Report.

The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models Qwen2.5-VL Technical Report

Reference 2025

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Pith citing papers

Observation b86ffbcb-f091-4df2-8a86-c7aa1ba77b3b · inbound

Beyond Binary: Turning Partial Success into Dense Verifiable Rewards for Reinforcement Learning in Code Generation cites this paper.

Beyond Binary: Turning Partial Success into Dense Verifiable Rewards for Reinforcement Learning in Code Generation The Policy Cliff: A Theoretical Analysis of Reward-Policy Maps in Large Language Models

Reference 28

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