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Main Authors: Tang, Zihao, Yu, Xin, Xiao, Ziyu, Wen, Zengxuan, Li, Zelin, Zhou, Jiaxi, Wang, Hualei, Wang, Haohua, Huang, Haizhen, Deng, Weiwei, Sun, Feng, Zhang, Qi
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15313
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author Tang, Zihao
Yu, Xin
Xiao, Ziyu
Wen, Zengxuan
Li, Zelin
Zhou, Jiaxi
Wang, Hualei
Wang, Haohua
Huang, Haizhen
Deng, Weiwei
Sun, Feng
Zhang, Qi
author_facet Tang, Zihao
Yu, Xin
Xiao, Ziyu
Wen, Zengxuan
Li, Zelin
Zhou, Jiaxi
Wang, Hualei
Wang, Haohua
Huang, Haizhen
Deng, Weiwei
Sun, Feng
Zhang, Qi
contents AI Memory, specifically how models organizes and retrieves historical messages, becomes increasingly valuable to Large Language Models (LLMs), yet existing methods (RAG and Graph-RAG) primarily retrieve memory through similarity-based mechanisms. While efficient, such System-1-style retrieval struggles with scenarios that require global reasoning or comprehensive coverage of all relevant information. In this work, We propose Mnemis, a novel memory framework that integrates System-1 similarity search with a complementary System-2 mechanism, termed Global Selection. Mnemis organizes memory into a base graph for similarity retrieval and a hierarchical graph that enables top-down, deliberate traversal over semantic hierarchies. By combining the complementary strength from both retrieval routes, Mnemis retrieves memory items that are both semantically and structurally relevant. Mnemis achieves state-of-the-art performance across all compared methods on long-term memory benchmarks, scoring 93.9 on LoCoMo and 91.6 on LongMemEval-S using GPT-4.1-mini.
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spellingShingle Mnemis: Dual-Route Retrieval on Hierarchical Graphs for Long-Term LLM Memory
Tang, Zihao
Yu, Xin
Xiao, Ziyu
Wen, Zengxuan
Li, Zelin
Zhou, Jiaxi
Wang, Hualei
Wang, Haohua
Huang, Haizhen
Deng, Weiwei
Sun, Feng
Zhang, Qi
Computation and Language
AI Memory, specifically how models organizes and retrieves historical messages, becomes increasingly valuable to Large Language Models (LLMs), yet existing methods (RAG and Graph-RAG) primarily retrieve memory through similarity-based mechanisms. While efficient, such System-1-style retrieval struggles with scenarios that require global reasoning or comprehensive coverage of all relevant information. In this work, We propose Mnemis, a novel memory framework that integrates System-1 similarity search with a complementary System-2 mechanism, termed Global Selection. Mnemis organizes memory into a base graph for similarity retrieval and a hierarchical graph that enables top-down, deliberate traversal over semantic hierarchies. By combining the complementary strength from both retrieval routes, Mnemis retrieves memory items that are both semantically and structurally relevant. Mnemis achieves state-of-the-art performance across all compared methods on long-term memory benchmarks, scoring 93.9 on LoCoMo and 91.6 on LongMemEval-S using GPT-4.1-mini.
title Mnemis: Dual-Route Retrieval on Hierarchical Graphs for Long-Term LLM Memory
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15313