@article{semanticdlmimprovingdiffusionlanguagemod, title = {Semantic DLM+: Improving Diffusion Language Models through Bias-variance Trade-off in Transition Kernel Design}, author = {Keyue Jiang and Yuxiang Wang and Yanan Zhao and Xiang Yu and Qifang Zhao and Bohan Tang and Baojian Zhou and Yanghua Xiao and Lin Qu and Xiaoxiao Xu}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2606.15327}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.15327}, }