[Feature Request] Support Epsilon Sampling
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Epsilon sampling is a compelling alternative/complement to top_p and top_k sampling and would make a good addition to CTranslate2: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.09860
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked Epsilon Sampling paper and comparing its proposal with the existing top_p and top_k sampling behavior in CTranslate2. Done means defining the integration scope and supporting Epsilon Sampling alongside those existing options, with validation that the behavior matches the paper.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- machine-learning
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100