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Construction contract risk identification based on knowledge-augmented language models

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Saika Wong
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Chunmo Zheng
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Xing Su *
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Yinqiu Tang
DOI:10.1016/j.compind.2024.104082delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Contract review is an essential step in construction projects to prevent potential losses. However, the current methods for reviewing construction contracts lack effectiveness and reliability, leading to time-consuming and error-prone processes. Although large language models (LLMs) have shown promise in revolutionizing natural language processing (NLP) tasks, they struggle with domain-specific knowledge and addressing specialized issues. This paper presents a novel approach that leverages LLMs with construction contract knowledge to emulate the process of contract review by human experts. Our tuning-free approach incorporates construction contract domain knowledge to enhance language models for identifying construction contract risks. The use of natural language when building the domain knowledge base facilitates practical implementation. We evaluated our method on real construction contracts and achieved solid performance. Additionally, we investigated how LLMs employ logical thinking during the task and provided insights and recommendations for future research.
Keywords:
Large language models
Construction contract risk
Knowledge augmentation
Knowledge database

Journal

Computers in Industry cover
Computers in Industry
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9.1
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2.9K
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Organization

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powerchina huadong engineering corporation limited
Scholars:
676
Papers: 527
Citations: 0
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zhejiang university
Scholars:
17.6W
Papers: 12.1W
Citations: 152