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New RANGER system uses LLM rewards to guide RL agent for knowledge graph navigation

Researchers have developed RANGER, a novel hybrid approach that combines Large Language Models (LLMs) with Reinforcement Learning (RL) for improved navigation of knowledge graphs. In this system, an LLM acts as a mentor, providing semantically informed reward signals to an RL agent trained using Group Relative Policy Optimization. This agent, built on a Transformer policy, learns to traverse knowledge graphs to find information. The LLM's evaluation of path relevance guides the RL agent's learning process, leading to more effective retrieval policies. Experiments on open question-answering datasets show that RANGER surpasses baseline retrieval-augmented systems and RL agents trained with heuristic rewards, demonstrating significant improvements in NLP metrics and LLM-as-a-Judge scores. AI

IMPACT This hybrid LLM-RL approach could enhance information retrieval and complex reasoning in AI systems.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper detailing a new method for navigating knowledge graphs. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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New RANGER system uses LLM rewards to guide RL agent for knowledge graph navigation

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Artem Mikhaylov, Pavel Konoplev, Nikolay Efanov, Artyom Sorokin, Evgeny Burnaev ·

    RANGER: Retrieval Agent for Navigating Graphs with Semantic Evaluation Rewards

    arXiv:2610.28010v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The integration of Large Language Models and Reinforcement Learning offers a promising direction for complex sequential decision-making tasks, such as multi-hop question answering over knowledge graphs. While LLMs provide strong sem…