一作ACL 2026Findings· Findings of ACL
Parallelism and Generation Order in Masked Diffusion Language Models: Limits Today, Potential Tomorrow
Yangyang Zhong · Yanmei Gu · Zhengqing Zang · Xiaomeng Li · Yuqi Ding · Xibei Jia · Yuting Shen · Zhenzhong Lan · Liwang Zhu · Weiping Liu · Junlin Zhou · Haisheng Liu · Zhong Xin Yu · Pengxin Luo · Donglian Qi · Yunfeng Yan · Junbo Zhao
摘要
Masked Diffusion Language Models (MDLMs) promise parallel token generation and arbitrary-order decoding, yet it remains unclear to what extent current models truly realize these capabilities. We characterize MDLM behavior along two dimensions—parallelism strength and generation order—using Averag...