MARVEL: Modular Abstention for Reliable and Versatile Expert LLMs
Jul 1, 2025ยท
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Bingbing Wen
Faeze Brahman
Zhan Su
Shangbin Feng
Yulia Tsvetkov
Lucy Lu Wang
Bill Howe

Abstract
We present MARVEL, a modular abstention framework for building reliable and versatile expert large language models. Our approach enables models to selectively abstain from answering questions they are uncertain about, improving reliability and trustworthiness.
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ICML Reliable Foundation Model Workshop & NeurIPS Submission
We present MARVEL, a modular abstention framework for building reliable and versatile expert large language models. Our approach enables models to selectively abstain from answering questions they are uncertain about, improving reliability and trustworthiness in AI systems.