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Main Authors: Xu, Tingxuan, Feng, Jiarui, Melendez, Justin, Roberts, Kaleigh, Cai, Donghong, Zhu, Mingfang, Elbert, Donald, Chen, Yixin, Bateman, Randall J.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21238
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author Xu, Tingxuan
Feng, Jiarui
Melendez, Justin
Roberts, Kaleigh
Cai, Donghong
Zhu, Mingfang
Elbert, Donald
Chen, Yixin
Bateman, Randall J.
author_facet Xu, Tingxuan
Feng, Jiarui
Melendez, Justin
Roberts, Kaleigh
Cai, Donghong
Zhu, Mingfang
Elbert, Donald
Chen, Yixin
Bateman, Randall J.
contents In the past two years, large language model (LLM)-based chatbots, such as ChatGPT, have revolutionized various domains by enabling diverse task completion and question-answering capabilities. However, their application in scientific research remains constrained by challenges such as hallucinations, limited domain-specific knowledge, and lack of explainability or traceability for the response. Graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (GraphRAG) has emerged as a promising approach to improving chatbot reliability by integrating domain-specific contextual information before response generation, addressing some limitations of standard LLMs. Despite its potential, there are only limited studies that evaluate GraphRAG on specific domains that require intensive knowledge, like Alzheimer's disease or other biomedical domains. In this paper, we assess the quality and traceability of two popular GraphRAG systems. We compile a database of 50 papers and 70 expert questions related to Alzheimer's disease, construct a GraphRAG knowledge base, and employ GPT-4o as the LLM for answering queries. We then compare the quality of responses generated by GraphRAG with those from a standard GPT-4o model. Additionally, we discuss and evaluate the traceability of several Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and GraphRAG systems. Finally, we provide an easy-to-use interface with a pre-built Alzheimer's disease database for researchers to test the performance of both standard RAG and GraphRAG.
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spellingShingle Addressing accuracy and hallucination of LLMs in Alzheimer's disease research through knowledge graphs
Xu, Tingxuan
Feng, Jiarui
Melendez, Justin
Roberts, Kaleigh
Cai, Donghong
Zhu, Mingfang
Elbert, Donald
Chen, Yixin
Bateman, Randall J.
Artificial Intelligence
In the past two years, large language model (LLM)-based chatbots, such as ChatGPT, have revolutionized various domains by enabling diverse task completion and question-answering capabilities. However, their application in scientific research remains constrained by challenges such as hallucinations, limited domain-specific knowledge, and lack of explainability or traceability for the response. Graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (GraphRAG) has emerged as a promising approach to improving chatbot reliability by integrating domain-specific contextual information before response generation, addressing some limitations of standard LLMs. Despite its potential, there are only limited studies that evaluate GraphRAG on specific domains that require intensive knowledge, like Alzheimer's disease or other biomedical domains. In this paper, we assess the quality and traceability of two popular GraphRAG systems. We compile a database of 50 papers and 70 expert questions related to Alzheimer's disease, construct a GraphRAG knowledge base, and employ GPT-4o as the LLM for answering queries. We then compare the quality of responses generated by GraphRAG with those from a standard GPT-4o model. Additionally, we discuss and evaluate the traceability of several Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and GraphRAG systems. Finally, we provide an easy-to-use interface with a pre-built Alzheimer's disease database for researchers to test the performance of both standard RAG and GraphRAG.
title Addressing accuracy and hallucination of LLMs in Alzheimer's disease research through knowledge graphs
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21238