@article{shortchainsdeepthoughtsbalancingreasonin,
  title = {Short Chains, Deep Thoughts: Balancing Reasoning Efficiency and Intra-Segment Capability via Split-Merge Optimization},
  author = {Runquan Gui and Jie Wang and Zhihai Wang and Chi Ma and Jianye Hao and Feng Wu},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2602.03141},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03141},
}