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Evidence-based Knowledge Synthesis and Hypothesis Validation: Navigating Biomedical Knowledge Bases via Explainable AI and Agentic Systems

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Reliable knowledge graph fact prediction via reinforcement learning.

Fangfang Zhou¹, Jiapeng Mi¹, Beiwen Zhang¹

¹School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China.

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Summary

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EvoPath, a novel reinforcement learning (RL) approach, enhances knowledge graph (KG) fact prediction. By utilizing entity heterogeneity and a post-walking mechanism, it generates more reliable reasoning paths for accurate triple truthfulness judgments.

Keywords:

Entity heterogeneity Fact prediction Knowledge graph Postwalking mechanism Reinforcement learning

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Area of Science:

Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Knowledge Representation

Background:

Knowledge graph (KG) fact prediction is crucial for KG completion.
Reinforcement learning (RL) is a common method for KG fact prediction.
Existing RL methods struggle with unreliable rule confidence calculations due to limited reasoning paths.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose EvoPath, a novel RL-based approach for accurate KG fact prediction.
To address the limitations of existing methods in calculating rule confidences.
To improve the reliability and precision of KG fact prediction.

Main Methods:

Developed EvoPath, an RL-based approach for KG fact prediction.
Introduced a new reward mechanism based on entity heterogeneity for effective reasoning path discovery.
Incorporated a post-walking mechanism to leverage overlooked reasoning paths during RL.

Main Results:

EvoPath facilitates reliable calculations of rule confidences by providing sufficient reasoning paths.
The proposed mechanisms enable precise judgments on the truthfulness of predicted triples.
Experiments show EvoPath achieves more accurate fact predictions compared to existing approaches.

Conclusions:

EvoPath significantly improves KG fact prediction accuracy.
The novel reward and post-walking mechanisms are key to EvoPath's success.
This approach offers a more reliable method for KG completion.