arXiv Computation and Language

SelfGraphRAG: Bridging the Supervision Gap in Graph-Based RAG with Synthetic QA Generation

SelfGraphRAG is a framework that generates synthetic question‑answer pairs directly from the structure of a knowledge graph to train a query‑conditioned graph retriever. By capturing multi‑hop paths and local neighborhoods, the generated questions provide relational supervision without requiring manually labeled data. Experiments on multi‑hop question answering and classification tasks show that SelfGraphRAG improves retrieval precision and downstream reasoning performance compared to embedding‑based baselines.

arXiv AI
Jun 17

A Unified Framework for Context-Aware and Relation-Aware Graph Retrieval-Augmented Generation

arXiv:2606. 18075v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has emerged as a paradigm for enhancing large language models (LLMs) with external knowledge, yet existing graph-based methods face a fundamental limitation: entity-centric and chunk-centric approaches operate on representations anchored to original text without true knowledge fusion.

By Haoyang Zhong, Yifei Sun, Antong Zhang, Chunping Wang, Lei Chen, Yang Yang
arXiv Computation and Language
Sep 4

R$^{2}$Adapter: A Routing and Rewriting Adapter for Efficient Hybrid RAG

R$^{2}$Adapter is a lightweight plug‑in that dynamically routes user queries between vanilla and graph‑based Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. By sending only those queries that truly benefit from graph reasoning, it cuts graph‑retrieval overhead by up to 59% while keeping answer accuracy comparable. The adapter also rewrites uncertain graph‑routed queries to better expose multi‑hop reasoning needs, improving retrieval quality without extra supervision.

By Yucan Guo, Miao Su, Saiping Guan, Long Bai, Zhongni Hou, Zixuan Li, Xiaolong Jin, Jiafeng Guo, Xueqi Cheng
arXiv AI
Aug 11

KGCaRe: Explainable Complex Conditional Question Answering using Automatic Knowledge Graph Construction and Context Retrieval with LLMs

arXiv:2608. 09779v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Answering complex conditional questions using Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) remains a challenge, particularly in domain-specific contexts where general-purpose LLMs and RAG tend to underperform.

By Ghanshyam Verma, Simanta Sarkar, Devishree Pillai, Hotaka Shiokawa, Yourong Xu, Fiona Veazey, Peter Hubbert, Hui Su, Paul Buitelaar
arXiv Computation and Language
6d ago

CAGE: Coherence-Aware Graph Encoding for Retrieval-Augmented Generation

CAGE: Coherence-Aware Graph Encoding for Retrieval-Augmented Generation introduces a reranking framework that evaluates and enhances the coherence of retrieved passages across four dimensions—Intra-Domain Relevance, Noise Resistance, Informational Bonding, and Factual Consistency. The method transforms passages into directed heterogeneous entity graphs, reweights factual anchors, encodes structural patterns with a Relational Graph Convolutional Network, and fuses inter-chunk coherence with query relevance to produce a final ranking. Evaluations on four multi‑hop benchmarks show that CAGE matches or surpasses strong baselines, improving Recall@5 on bridge‑dominated datasets and consistently boosting downstream Exact Match scores, indicating that structurally coherent context leads to more precise answers even when retrieval recall is similar or lower.

By Tong Qi, Jingyu Wu, Youbing Yin, Spencer Hong, Daben Liu, Erin Babinsky