CAKGE: Context-Aware Adaptive Learning for Dynamic Knowledge Graph Embeddings

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Authors: Zongsheng Cao, Qianqian Xu, Zhiyong Yang, Xiaochun Cao, Qingming Huang
Cited by: 3
References: 46

Abstract

Knowledge graph embeddings (KGE) are effective for representing factual data for numerous applications. However, real-world facts continually evolve, necessitating ongoing updates to knowledge graphs as new information emerges. Under these circumstances, existing KGE models in transductive, inductive, and continual learning settings are prone to catastrophic forgetting or require costly retraining to integrate new information. To address these challenges, we propose a novel model called the Context-aware Adaptive learning model for Knowledge Graph Embeddings (CAKGE). Our model first identifies semantic-relevant entities and uncovers latent relational paths to facilitate the acquisition of new knowledge. To ensure the paths are semantically aligned with the query, we employ a context-aware fusion module, which leverages multiple specialized expert networks to assess and integrate the relevance of these relational paths. Building on this, we introduce an adaptive message aggregation module that incorporates a knowledge replay strategy, enabling the model to integrate both new and existing knowledge efficiently, without retraining the knowledge graph. Additionally, to mitigate catastrophic forgetting, we reformulate the challenge of aligning new with existing knowledge as a graph-matching task using the Fused Gromov-Wasserstein distance, enabling the alignment of old and new knowledge from both semantic and topological perspectives. Furthermore, we provide theoretical guarantees for the expressiveness and reasoning ability of CAKGE, showing that it is the first unified framework tackling transductive, inductive, and continual settings. Extensive experiments show that CAKGE achieves state-of-the-art performance, demonstrating its effectiveness in dynamic KGE modeling.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Advanced Graph Neural Networks Machine Learning in Healthcare Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning

Publication details

Journal / source
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Volume
48
Issue
6
Pages
6225–6240
Publication date
21 January 2026
Language
EN