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GraphLoRA introduces a structure-aware low-rank adaptation framework that integrates trainable graph message-passing networks directly into LLM parameter updates to capture high-order relational dependencies. This approach effectively bridges the gap between textual semantics and collaborative signals in recommendation systems, offering superior generalization and efficiency over existing static-input methods. The technique represents a significant methodological advance for combining graph topology with large language model fine-tuning.
GraphLoRA: Structure-Aware Low-Rank Adaptation for Large Language Model Recommendation
arXiv:2606.07526v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown strong potential for recommendation (LLMRec) due to their powerful reasoning and generalization abilities. However, effectively aligning the textual semantics modeled by LLMs with the collaborative signals remains a key challenge. Existing methods either translate collaborative information into textual prompts or inject pre-trained embeddings into the LLM, both of which treat structural information as static input and fail to capture high-order relational dependencies. To bridge this gap, we propose GraphLoRA, a novel framework that generalizes low-rank adaptation from independent to structure-aware propagation. GraphLoRA embeds a trainable graph message-passing network within the low-rank adaptation pathway, enabling structural signals to propagate through the parameter space. This design allows collaborative topology to explicitly guide parameter updates, fostering deep integration between graph-structured and textual semantic information. Extensive experiments on multiple benchmarks demonstrate that GraphLoRA not only outperforms state-of-the-art LLM-based recommendation methods but also achieves superior generalization, effectively balancing structural reasoning capability with computational efficiency. Code is available at \href{https://github.com/wgj15965/GraphLoRA}{https://github.com/wgj15965/GraphLoRA}.
Abstract:Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown strong potential for recommendation (LLMRec) due to their powerful reasoning and generalization abilities. However, effectively aligning the textual semantics modeled by LLMs with the collaborative signals remains a key challenge. Existing methods either translate collaborative information into textual prompts or inject pre-trained embeddings into the LLM, both of which treat structural information as static input and fail to capture high-order relational dependencies. To bridge this gap, we propose GraphLoRA, a novel framework that generalizes low-rank adaptation from independent to structure-aware propagation. GraphLoRA embeds a trainable graph message-passing network within the low-rank adaptation pathway, enabling structural signals to propagate through the parameter space. This design allows collaborative topology to explicitly guide parameter updates, fostering deep integration between graph-structured and textual semantic information. Extensive experiments on multiple benchmarks demonstrate that GraphLoRA not only outperforms state-of-the-art LLM-based recommendation methods but also achieves superior generalization, effectively balancing structural reasoning capability with computational efficiency. Code is available at \href{this https URL}{this https URL}.
Computation and Language (cs.CL); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
arXiv:2606.07526 [cs.CL]
(or arXiv:2606.07526v1 [cs.CL] for this version)
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