Revisiting Ripple Effects in Knowledge Editing through Pressure-Aware Joint Neighborhood Optimization
Summary
Joint Neighborhood Optimization (JNO) is a new knowledge-editing framework designed for large language models, specifically addressing the complex "ripple effects" that occur during single-edit updates. These effects involve both desirable knowledge propagation to related facts and unintended perturbation of unrelated, preserved information. Unlike prior methods that tackle these issues separately, JNO formalizes and jointly optimizes both "editable-side coordination" and "preserved-side leakage" pressures at the target-planning stage. This framework instantiates its principles through Pressure-Aware Coordination (PAC), which jointly optimizes neighborhood target representations under coupled constraints, and incorporates a semantic pre-execution gate to reject high-risk target plans before parameter execution. Experiments conducted on RippleEdits demonstrate that JNO improves both propagation and preservation metrics by at least 7.0%, while also ensuring cross-backbone editing stability.
Key takeaway
For NLP Engineers or AI Scientists implementing knowledge editing in large language models, consider adopting the Joint Neighborhood Optimization (JNO) framework. This approach directly addresses the coupled nature of ripple effects, offering a unified strategy to improve both desired knowledge propagation and preservation of existing facts. By integrating Pressure-Aware Coordination and a pre-execution gate, you can achieve at least a 7.0% improvement in editing metrics and ensure robust cross-backbone stability, reducing the risk of unintended model degradation.
Key insights
JNO jointly optimizes desirable knowledge propagation and unintended perturbation in LLM knowledge editing.
Principles
- Ripple effects in LLM editing are coupled, not separate.
- Jointly address editable-side coordination and preserved-side leakage.
- Pre-execution gates can prevent high-risk editing plans.
Method
JNO uses Pressure-Aware Coordination (PAC) to jointly optimize neighborhood target representations under coupled constraints, followed by a semantic pre-execution gate.
In practice
- Improve LLM knowledge propagation by 7.0%.
- Enhance knowledge preservation by 7.0%.
- Maintain editing stability across different LLM backbones.
Topics
- Knowledge Editing
- Large Language Models
- Ripple Effects
- Joint Neighborhood Optimization
- Pressure-Aware Coordination
- Model Stability
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