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Mechanistic Circuit-Based Knowledge Editing in Large Language Models

Tianyi Zhao, Yinhan He, Wendy Zheng, Chen Chen · Apr 7, 2026 · Citations: 0

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Abstract

Deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) in real-world dynamic environments raises the challenge of updating their pre-trained knowledge. While existing knowledge editing methods can reliably patch isolated facts, they frequently suffer from a "Reasoning Gap", where the model recalls the edited fact but fails to utilize it in multi-step reasoning chains. To bridge this gap, we introduce MCircKE (\underline{M}echanistic \underline{Circ}uit-based \underline{K}nowledge \underline{E}diting), a novel framework that enables a precise "map-and-adapt" editing procedure. MCircKE first identifies the causal circuits responsible for a specific reasoning task, capturing both the storage of the fact and the routing of its logical consequences. It then surgically update parameters exclusively within this mapped circuit. Extensive experiments on the MQuAKE-3K benchmark demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method for multi-hop reasoning in knowledge editing.

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Evidence snippet: Deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) in real-world dynamic environments raises the challenge of updating their pre-trained knowledge.

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To bridge this gap, we introduce MCircKE (Mechanistic Circuit-based Knowledge Editing), a novel framework that enables a precise "map-and-adapt" editing procedure. HFEPX signals include Long Horizon with confidence 0.15. Updated from current HFEPX corpus.

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  • To bridge this gap, we introduce MCircKE (Mechanistic Circuit-based Knowledge Editing), a novel framework that enables a precise "map-and-adapt" editing procedure.
  • Extensive experiments on the MQuAKE-3K benchmark demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method for multi-hop reasoning in knowledge editing.

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  • To bridge this gap, we introduce MCircKE (Mechanistic Circuit-based Knowledge Editing), a novel framework that enables a precise "map-and-adapt" editing procedure.
  • Extensive experiments on the MQuAKE-3K benchmark demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method for multi-hop reasoning in knowledge editing.

Why It Matters For Eval

  • Extensive experiments on the MQuAKE-3K benchmark demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method for multi-hop reasoning in knowledge editing.

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