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Micro-Act: Mitigating Knowledge Conflict in LLM-based RAG via Actionable Self-Reasoning

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  • Haebom

Author

Nan Huo, Jinyang Li, Bowen Qin, Ge Qu, Xiaolong Li, Xiaodong Li, Chenhao Ma, Reynold Cheng

Outline

To address the knowledge conflict problem arising in augmented search generation (RAG) systems, this paper proposes Micro-Act, a framework with a hierarchical action space that automatically detects contextual complexity and decomposes each knowledge source into a fine-grained comparison sequence. Micro-Act enables inference beyond superficial context through fine-grained comparison steps, demonstrating improved QA accuracy compared to existing state-of-the-art models on various benchmark datasets. In particular, it excels in temporal and semantic conflict types and maintains robust performance even for non-conflict questions, enhancing its applicability in real-world RAG applications.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways:
A new framework proposal (Micro-Act) to solve the knowledge conflict problem in RAG systems.
Performing adaptive knowledge comparison to contextual complexity through hierarchical action spaces.
Achieving SOTA performance on various benchmark datasets.
Excellent performance, especially for temporal and semantic conflict types.
Increased practical applicability by maintaining robust performance for non-conflict questions.
Limitations:
Lack of information about specific framework implementation details and computational costs in the paper.
Further research is needed to determine the generalizability of Micro-Act and its applicability to various RAG systems.
Further analysis is needed on the types and situations of knowledge conflicts that Micro-Acts fail to resolve.
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