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KG-LLM Synergy for Intelligent Soil and Water Conservation Standard Governance
by
Junchen Yuan
Junchen Yuan 1,
Yi Huang
Yi Huang 1,2
and
Lizhi Miao
Lizhi Miao 1,2,*
1
School of Internet of Things, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, China
2
Smart Health Big Data Analysis and Location Services Engineering Lab of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210003, China
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Land 2026, 15(5), 862; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15050862 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 6 April 2026
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Revised: 3 May 2026
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Accepted: 15 May 2026
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Published: 17 May 2026
Abstract
Existing soil and water conservation standards suffer from fragmentation, inconsistent cross-referencing, and limited machine interpretability, hindering efficient regulatory compliance and decision making. To address these challenges, we developed SwacGPT, an intelligent system that integrates domain-specific knowledge graph construction with large language models for enhanced standard interpretation and reasoning. Specifically, we constructed a domain-specific knowledge graph (SwacKG) using a hybrid approach that combines rule-based templates with a pre-trained BERT-based model. This graph systematically organizes conservation standards via multi-dimensional semantic relationships, with 87.8% entity extraction precision and 84.9% relation extraction precision, enabling precise data association across heterogeneous regulatory sources. SwacGPT leverages both the graph-structured knowledge from the SwacKG and original textual content to provide intelligent reasoning capabilities. For rigorous validation, a comprehensive evaluation dataset comprising both objective and subjective questions was designed. Experimental results show that SwacGPT achieves scoring rates of 78.67% on single-choice questions, 81.65% on multiple-choice questions, and 80.5% on subjective short-answer questions, ranking the best among the other five evaluated models. This demonstrates that the synergistic integration of domain-specific KGs with tailored LLMs creates an effective solution for intelligent environmental governance, providing critical decision support for land space optimization and cross-jurisdictional coordination in sustainable land management.
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Yuan, J.; Huang, Y.; Miao, L.
KG-LLM Synergy for Intelligent Soil and Water Conservation Standard Governance. Land 2026, 15, 862.
https://doi.org/10.3390/land15050862
AMA Style
Yuan J, Huang Y, Miao L.
KG-LLM Synergy for Intelligent Soil and Water Conservation Standard Governance. Land. 2026; 15(5):862.
https://doi.org/10.3390/land15050862
Chicago/Turabian Style
Yuan, Junchen, Yi Huang, and Lizhi Miao.
2026. "KG-LLM Synergy for Intelligent Soil and Water Conservation Standard Governance" Land 15, no. 5: 862.
https://doi.org/10.3390/land15050862
APA Style
Yuan, J., Huang, Y., & Miao, L.
(2026). KG-LLM Synergy for Intelligent Soil and Water Conservation Standard Governance. Land, 15(5), 862.
https://doi.org/10.3390/land15050862
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