让大模型学会带时间、因果和概率的逻辑推理。
T-CPDL: A Temporal Causal Probabilistic Description Logic for Developing Logic-RAG Agent
- 用时序算子和因果标注扩展描述逻辑,支持复杂推理。
- 在时序和因果基准上显著提升推理准确率与可信度。
- 适合需要可解释决策的智能系统开发,如医疗诊断。
大型语言模型擅长生成流畅文本,但在涉及时序约束、因果关系和概率推理的结构化推理方面常表现不佳。为此,我们提出时序因果概率描述逻辑(T-CPDL),通过引入时序区间算子、显式因果关系和概率标注,扩展传统描述逻辑。T-CPDL包含两种变体:一种基于Allen区间代数刻画定性时序关系,另一种则加入带时间戳的显式因果断言。两者共享统一逻辑结构,支持从简单时序排序到精细概率因果推理的复杂任务。在时序推理与因果推断基准上的实证评估表明,T-CPDL显著提升了语言模型输出的推理准确率、可解释性及置信度校准能力。通过提供透明推理路径与细粒度时序因果语义,T-CPDL大幅增强了语言模型在支持鲁棒、可解释、可信决策方面的潜力。本工作也为构建先进的逻辑增强检索生成(Logic-RAG)框架奠定基础,有望提升知识图谱增强型RAG系统的推理能力与效率。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Large language models excel at generating fluent text but frequently struggle with structured reasoning involving temporal constraints, causal relationships, and probabilistic reasoning. To address these limitations, we propose Temporal Causal Probabilistic Description Logic (T-CPDL), an integrated framework that extends traditional Description Logic with temporal interval operators, explicit causal relationships, and probabilistic annotations. We present two distinct variants of T-CPDL: one capturing qualitative temporal relationships through Allen's interval algebra, and another variant enriched with explicit timestamped causal assertions. Both variants share a unified logical structure, enabling complex reasoning tasks ranging from simple temporal ordering to nuanced probabilistic causation. Empirical evaluations on temporal reasoning and causal inference benchmarks confirm that T-CPDL substantially improves inference accuracy, interpretability, and confidence calibration of language model outputs. By delivering transparent reasoning paths and fine-grained temporal and causal semantics, T-CPDL significantly enhances the capability of language models to support robust, explainable, and trustworthy decision-making. This work also lays the groundwork for developing advanced Logic-Retrieval-Augmented Generation (Logic-RAG) frameworks, potentially boosting the reasoning capabilities and efficiency of knowledge graph-enhanced RAG systems.
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