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Zaheer and colleagues: BigBird sparse attention

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Efficient language and sequence modeling · Human-designed research method or resource

Reference score110,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Combined local, random and global attention connections for long text sequences.

Scientific scope

Combined local, random and global attention connections for long text sequences. Linear cost assumes bounded attention neighborhoods; expressivity results have specified theoretical assumptions, not exact equality to every dense attention output.

Evidence

The linked original sources describe the stated contribution and its evidence limits. WRS has not independently rerun the experiments or certified a proof. Linear cost assumes bounded attention neighborhoods; expressivity results have specified theoretical assumptions, not exact equality to every dense attention output.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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