Causal Graphs Meet Thoughts: Enhancing Complex Reasoning in Graph-Augmented LLMs

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14892v1
• Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:31:06 GMT
• Title: Causal Graphs Meet Thoughts: Enhancing Complex Reasoning in Graph-Augmented LLMs
• Authors: Hang Luo, Jian Zhang, Chujun Li,
• Abstract summary: It is critical not only to retrieve relevant information but also to provide causal reasoning and explainability. This paper proposes a novel pipeline that filters large knowledge graphs to emphasize cause-effect edges. Experiments on medical question-answering tasks show consistent gains, with up to a 10% absolute improvement.
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• Abstract: In knowledge-intensive tasks, especially in high-stakes domains like medicine and law, it is critical not only to retrieve relevant information but also to provide causal reasoning and explainability. Large language models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable performance in natural language understanding and generation tasks. However, they often suffer from limitations such as difficulty in incorporating new knowledge, generating hallucinations, and explaining their reasoning process. To address these challenges, integrating knowledge graphs with Graph Retrieval-Augmented Generation (Graph RAG) has emerged as an effective solution. Traditional Graph RAG methods often rely on simple graph traversal or semantic similarity, which do not capture causal relationships or align well with the model's internal reasoning steps. This paper proposes a novel pipeline that filters large knowledge graphs to emphasize cause-effect edges, aligns the retrieval process with the model's chain-of-thought (CoT), and enhances reasoning through multi-stage path improvements. Experiments on medical question-answering tasks show consistent gains, with up to a 10\% absolute improvement across multiple large language models (LLMs). This approach demonstrates the value of combining causal reasoning with stepwise retrieval, leading to more interpretable and logically grounded solutions for complex queries.

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