@article{mitigatingmismatchwithinreferencebasedpr, title = {Mitigating Mismatch within Reference-based Preference Optimization}, author = {Suqin Yuan and Xingrui Yu and Jiyang Zheng and Lei Feng and Dadong Wang and Ivor Tsang and Tongliang Liu}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2602.11902}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.11902}, }