merge_method: breadcrumbs_ties base_model: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B parameters: density: 0.15 # Retain top 15% (Trims bottom 85% SFT noise) gamma: 0.99 # Trim the top 1% (Destroys extreme RL outliers) weight: 1.0 models: - model: nvidia/AceReason-Nemotron-7B - model: ./padded-maestro - model: POLARIS-Project/Polaris-7B-Preview dtype: bfloat16