@article{cancompactlanguagemodelssearchlikeagents,
  title = {Can Compact Language Models Search Like Agents? Distillation-Guided Policy Optimization for Preserving Agentic RAG Capabilities},
  author = {Rikuto Kotoge and Mai Nishimura and Jiaxin Ma},
  year = {2025},
  eprint = {2508.20324},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20324},
}