@article{directretrievalaugmentedoptimization, title = {Direct Retrieval-augmented Optimization: Synergizing Knowledge Selection and Language Models}, author = {Zhengliang Shi and Lingyong Yan and Weiwei Sun and Yue Feng and Pengjie Ren and Xinyu Ma and Shuaiqiang Wang and Dawei Yin and Maarten de Rijke and Zhaochun Ren}, year = {2025}, eprint = {2505.03075}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03075v1}, }