Subject or Style: Adaptive and Training-Free Mixture of LoRAs
On the map: Mixture-of-experts → Mixture of LoRA experts
Abstract (arXiv)
Fine-tuning models via Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) demonstrates remarkable performance in subject-driven or style-driven generation tasks. Studies have explored combinations of different LoRAs to jointly generate learned styles and content. However, current methods struggle to balance the original subject and style, and often require additional training. Recently, K-LoRA proposed a training-free LoRA fusion method. But it involves multiple hyperparameters, making it difficult to adapt to all styles and subjects. In this paper, we propose EST-LoRA, a training-free adaptive LoRA fusion method. It comprehensively considers three critical factors: underlineEnergy of matrix, underlineStyle discrepancy scores and underlineTime steps. Analogous to the Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture, the model adaptively selects between subject LoRA and style LoRA within each attention layer. This integrated selection mechanism ensures balanced contributions from both components during the generation process. Experimental results show that EST-LoRA outperforms state-of-the-art methods in both qualitative and quantitative evaluations and achieves faster generation speed compared to other efficient fusion approaches. Our code is publicly available at: https://anonymous.4open.science/r/EST-LoRA-F318.
Key facts. Cited by 5 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Mixture of LoRA experts, one of 12 directions in Mixture-of-experts. Builds on 24 of its 34 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 4 Aug 2025.
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