Structure-Preserving Graph Contrastive Learning for Mathematical Information Retrieval

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Hauptverfasser: Ku, Chun-Hsi, Chen, Hung-Hsuan
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author Ku, Chun-Hsi
Chen, Hung-Hsuan
author_facet Ku, Chun-Hsi
Chen, Hung-Hsuan
contents This paper introduces Variable Substitution as a domain-specific graph augmentation technique for graph contrastive learning (GCL) in the context of searching for mathematical formulas. Standard GCL augmentation techniques often distort the semantic meaning of mathematical formulas, particularly for small and highly structured graphs. Variable Substitution, on the other hand, preserves the core algebraic relationships and formula structure. To demonstrate the effectiveness of our technique, we apply it to a classic GCL-based retrieval model. Experiments show that this straightforward approach significantly improves retrieval performance compared to generic augmentation strategies. We release the code on GitHub.\footnote{https://github.com/lazywulf/formula_ret_aug}.
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spellingShingle Structure-Preserving Graph Contrastive Learning for Mathematical Information Retrieval
Ku, Chun-Hsi
Chen, Hung-Hsuan
Information Retrieval
Digital Libraries
This paper introduces Variable Substitution as a domain-specific graph augmentation technique for graph contrastive learning (GCL) in the context of searching for mathematical formulas. Standard GCL augmentation techniques often distort the semantic meaning of mathematical formulas, particularly for small and highly structured graphs. Variable Substitution, on the other hand, preserves the core algebraic relationships and formula structure. To demonstrate the effectiveness of our technique, we apply it to a classic GCL-based retrieval model. Experiments show that this straightforward approach significantly improves retrieval performance compared to generic augmentation strategies. We release the code on GitHub.\footnote{https://github.com/lazywulf/formula_ret_aug}.
title Structure-Preserving Graph Contrastive Learning for Mathematical Information Retrieval
topic Information Retrieval
Digital Libraries
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.08012