图结构提升RAG的准确性,解决大模型幻觉问题。
Graph-based Approaches and Functionalities in Retrieval-Augmented Generation: A Comprehensive Survey
- 用图结构组织外部知识,增强检索与生成的连贯性。
- 图方法在多类任务中显著提升答案准确率,支持复杂推理。
- 适合研究图学习、知识库系统与自然语言处理的学者参考。
大语言模型在推理时因训练数据不足和知识更新滞后,常产生事实错误,导致幻觉问题。检索增强生成(RAG)通过从外部源检索相关信息,提升回答准确性,成为有效解决方案。由于外部数据普遍存在结构化知识,近年来大量研究将图技术引入RAG,利用实体间的拓扑关系实现更复杂的推理。然而,当前缺乏对图在RAG中多样化作用的统一综述,也无系统性资源帮助研究者理解与推进该领域。本综述从图视角出发,全面分析图在RAG中的功能,涵盖知识库构建、算法设计、系统流程与应用场景。同时指出当前挑战并提出未来方向,旨在推动图学习、数据库系统与自然语言处理等领域的协同发展。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Large language models (LLMs) struggle with the factual error during inference due to the lack of sufficient training data and the most updated knowledge, leading to the hallucination problem. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has gained attention as a promising solution to address the limitation of LLMs, by retrieving relevant information from external source to generate more accurate answers to the questions. Given the pervasive presence of structured knowledge in the external source, considerable strides in RAG have been made to employ the techniques related to graphs and achieve more complex reasoning based on the topological information between knowledge entities. However, there is currently neither unified review examining the diverse roles of graphs in RAG, nor a comprehensive resource to help researchers navigate and contribute to this evolving field. This survey offers a novel perspective on the functionality of graphs within RAG and their impact on enhancing performance across a wide range of graph-structured data. It provides a detailed breakdown of the roles that graphs play in RAG, covering database construction, algorithms, pipelines, and tasks. Finally, it identifies current challenges and outline future research directions, aiming to inspire further developments in this field. Our graph-centered analysis highlights the commonalities and differences in existing methods, setting the stage for future researchers in areas such as graph learning, database systems, and natural language processing.
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