Is Model Merging the same as weight merging?

Yes — weight merging, model soup, frankenmerge are common aliases for Model Merging.

What concepts are related to Model Merging?

Closely related concepts include model soup, lora, adapter.

ModelRefs / Model Merging — AI Glossary

Model Merging — AI Glossary

Combining the weights of multiple fine-tuned models into a single model that inherits capabilities from each, without additional training.

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