# compression/

Reasoning compression papers -- token efficiency, concise CoT, output length optimization.

## Papers

| File                                                                                                                              | What                                      | arXiv                            |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| `2024-07-29 Concise Thoughts - Impact of Output Length on LLM Reasoning and Cost.pdf`                                             | Output length vs reasoning quality        | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19825 |
| `2024-07-29 Concise Thoughts - Impact of Output Length on LLM Reasoning and Cost.md`                                              | (markdown)                                |                                  |
| `2024-10-19 The Benefits of a Concise Chain of Thought on Problem-Solving in Large Language Models.pdf`                           | Concise CoT benefits for problem-solving  | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05618 |
| `2024-10-19 The Benefits of a Concise Chain of Thought on Problem-Solving in Large Language Models.md`                            | (markdown)                                |                                  |
| `2024-10-28 Unlocking the Capabilities of Thought - A Reasoning Boundary Framework to Quantify and Optimize Chain-of-Thought.pdf` | Reasoning boundary framework for CoT      | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05695 |
| `2024-10-28 Unlocking the Capabilities of Thought - A Reasoning Boundary Framework to Quantify and Optimize Chain-of-Thought.md`  | (markdown)                                |                                  |
| `2025-03-03 Chain of Draft - Thinking Faster by Writing Less.pdf`                                                                 | Minimal intermediate steps for efficiency | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18600 |
| `2025-03-03 Chain of Draft - Thinking Faster by Writing Less.md`                                                                  | (markdown)                                |                                  |
| `2025-06-02 Token-Budget-Aware LLM Reasoning.pdf`                                                                                 | Budget-constrained reasoning optimization | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.18547 |
| `2025-06-02 Token-Budget-Aware LLM Reasoning.md`                                                                                  | (markdown)                                |                                  |
| `2025-10-24 Sketch-of-Thought - Efficient LLM Reasoning with Adaptive Cognitive-Inspired Sketching.pdf`                           | Cognitive-inspired sketching for speedup  | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05179 |
| `2025-10-24 Sketch-of-Thought - Efficient LLM Reasoning with Adaptive Cognitive-Inspired Sketching.md`                            | (markdown)                                |                                  |
