A Neuro-Symbolic Framework for Sequence Classification with Relational and Temporal Knowledge

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Main Authors: Lorello, Luca Salvatore, Lippi, Marco, Melacci, Stefano
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author Lorello, Luca Salvatore
Lippi, Marco
Melacci, Stefano
author_facet Lorello, Luca Salvatore
Lippi, Marco
Melacci, Stefano
contents One of the goals of neuro-symbolic artificial intelligence is to exploit background knowledge to improve the performance of learning tasks. However, most of the existing frameworks focus on the simplified scenario where knowledge does not change over time and does not cover the temporal dimension. In this work we consider the much more challenging problem of knowledge-driven sequence classification where different portions of knowledge must be employed at different timesteps, and temporal relations are available. Our experimental evaluation compares multi-stage neuro-symbolic and neural-only architectures, and it is conducted on a newly-introduced benchmarking framework. Results demonstrate the challenging nature of this novel setting, and also highlight under-explored shortcomings of neuro-symbolic methods, representing a precious reference for future research.
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spellingShingle A Neuro-Symbolic Framework for Sequence Classification with Relational and Temporal Knowledge
Lorello, Luca Salvatore
Lippi, Marco
Melacci, Stefano
Artificial Intelligence
One of the goals of neuro-symbolic artificial intelligence is to exploit background knowledge to improve the performance of learning tasks. However, most of the existing frameworks focus on the simplified scenario where knowledge does not change over time and does not cover the temporal dimension. In this work we consider the much more challenging problem of knowledge-driven sequence classification where different portions of knowledge must be employed at different timesteps, and temporal relations are available. Our experimental evaluation compares multi-stage neuro-symbolic and neural-only architectures, and it is conducted on a newly-introduced benchmarking framework. Results demonstrate the challenging nature of this novel setting, and also highlight under-explored shortcomings of neuro-symbolic methods, representing a precious reference for future research.
title A Neuro-Symbolic Framework for Sequence Classification with Relational and Temporal Knowledge
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05106