Integrating large-scale language models and graph machine learning: A comprehensive review

Graphs are important for representing complex relationships in various domains such as social networks, knowledge graphs, and molecular discovery. In addition to topological structure, nodes often have textual features that provide context. Graph Machine Learning (Graph ML), and in particular Graph Neural Networks (GNN), emerged to effectively model such data by leveraging the message passing mechanism of deep learning to capture higher-order relationships. did. With the rise of large-scale language models (LLMs), there is an emerging trend to integrate LLMs with his GNNs to tackle diverse graph tasks and enhance generalization capabilities through self-supervised learning techniques. The rapid evolution and immense potential of Graph ML has created the need for a comprehensive review of recent advances in Graph ML.

Early methods of graph learning, such as random walks and graph embeddings, were fundamental and facilitated learning node representations while preserving graph topology. Powered by deep learning, GNNs have made significant progress in graph learning, introducing techniques such as his GCN and GAT to enhance node representation and focus on important nodes. The advent of LLM has also sparked a revolution in graph learning, with models like GraphGPT and GLEM leveraging advanced language modeling techniques to effectively understand and manipulate graph structures. The Foundation Model (FM) has revolutionized the NLP and vision domains in the broader AI spectrum. However, the development of the Graph Foundation Model (GFM) is still evolving and further exploration is required to advance Graph ML capabilities.

In this study, researchers from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Wuhan University, and North Carolina State University aim to provide a thorough review of graph ML in the LLM era. The main contributions of this study are:

1. They detailed the evolution from early graph learning methods in the LLM era to modern GFM.
2. They comprehensively analyzed current LLM-enhanced Graph ML techniques, highlighted their advantages and limitations, and provided a systematic classification.
3. To address the limitations of LLM, we thoroughly explore the possibilities of graph structures.
4. We also considered the applications and future directions of Graph ML, discussing both its research and practical applications in various fields.

Graph ML based on GNNs faces inherent limitations, such as the need for labeled data and shallow text embeddings that impede semantic extraction. LLM provides a solution with the ability to process natural language, perform zero/few shot predictions, and provide a unified feature space. The researchers show how LLM uses a huge amount of parameters and rich open-world knowledge to address these challenges by improving feature quality and tuning the feature space. We investigated whether Graph ML could be enhanced. The researcher also discussed his applications of Graph ML in various fields such as robot task planning and scientific AI.

Although LLM excels at building GFMs, operational efficiency remains a challenge when processing large and complex graphs. Current practices such as using APIs such as GPT4 can be costly, and deploying large-scale open source models like LLaMa requires large amounts of computational resources and storage. Recent studies have proposed techniques such as LoRA and QLoRA for more efficient parameter fine-tuning to address these issues. Model pruning is also promising, simplifying his LLM for graph machine learning by removing redundant parameters and structures.

In conclusion, researchers conducted a comprehensive study that details the evolution of graph learning techniques and analyzes current LLM-enhanced graph ML techniques. Despite progress, operational efficiency challenges remain. However, recent studies suggest techniques such as parameter fine-tuning and model pruning to overcome these obstacles, indicating continued progress in this field.

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