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 RAG operates in three stages: RAG operates in three stages:
  
-  - **Retrieval** — A query is embedded into a vector and used to search a knowledge base (vector database, keyword index, or hybrid) for relevant document chunks+  - **Retrieval** — A query is embedded into a vector $\mathbf{q} = E(\text{query})$ and used to search a knowledge base (vector database, keyword index, or hybrid) for the top-$k$ relevant document chunks by similarity $\text{sim}(\mathbf{q}, \mathbf{d}_i)$
   - **Augmentation** — Retrieved chunks are injected into the LLM prompt alongside the user query to provide grounding context   - **Augmentation** — Retrieved chunks are injected into the LLM prompt alongside the user query to provide grounding context
-  - **Generation** — The LLM synthesizes a response using both its training knowledge and the retrieved context+  - **Generation** — The LLM synthesizes a response $P(\text{answer} \mid \text{query}, d_1, d_2, \ldots, d_k)$ using both its training knowledge and the retrieved context
  
 ===== RAG Variants ===== ===== RAG Variants =====
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 ==== Naive RAG ==== ==== Naive RAG ====
  
-The simplest implementation: embed query, retrieve top-k chunks by cosine similarity, stuff into prompt, generate. Prone to retrieval noise, irrelevant chunks, and context overflow on complex queries.+The simplest implementation: embed query, retrieve top-$k$ chunks by cosine similarity $\frac{\mathbf{q} \cdot \mathbf{d}}{||\mathbf{q}|| \cdot ||\mathbf{d}||}$, stuff into prompt, generate. Prone to retrieval noise, irrelevant chunks, and context overflow on complex queries.
  
 ==== Advanced RAG ==== ==== Advanced RAG ====
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   * **Pre-retrieval** — Query rewriting (HyDE, ITER-RETGEN), query expansion, and decomposition for complex questions   * **Pre-retrieval** — Query rewriting (HyDE, ITER-RETGEN), query expansion, and decomposition for complex questions
-  * **Retrieval** — Hybrid search combining semantic vectors with BM25 keyword matching, plus fine-tuned embedding models+  * **Retrieval** — Hybrid search combining semantic vectors with BM25 keyword matching (which scores via $\text{BM25}(q, d) = \sum_{t \in q} \text{IDF}(t) \cdot \frac{f(t,d) \cdot (k_1 + 1)}{f(t,d) + k_1 \cdot (1 - b + b \cdot \frac{|d|}{\text{avgdl}})}$), plus fine-tuned embedding models
   * **Post-retrieval** — Reranking retrieved results (Cohere Rerank, cross-encoders), context compression, and deduplication   * **Post-retrieval** — Reranking retrieved results (Cohere Rerank, cross-encoders), context compression, and deduplication
  
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 splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter( splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(
     chunk_size=512, chunk_overlap=64,     chunk_size=512, chunk_overlap=64,
-    separators=[" +    separators=["\n\n", "\n", ". ", " "]
- +
-", " +
-", ". ", " "]+
 ) )
 chunks = splitter.split_documents(documents) chunks = splitter.split_documents(documents)
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 llm = ChatOpenAI(model="gpt-4") llm = ChatOpenAI(model="gpt-4")
 docs = retriever.invoke("How does GraphRAG improve retrieval?") docs = retriever.invoke("How does GraphRAG improve retrieval?")
-context = " +context = "\n".join(doc.page_content for doc in docs) 
-".join(doc.page_content for doc in docs) +response = llm.invoke(f"Context: {context}\n\nQuestion: How does GraphRAG improve retrieval?")
-response = llm.invoke(f"Context: {context} +
- +
-Question: How does GraphRAG improve retrieval?")+
 </code> </code>
  
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 [[https://docs.ragas.io/|RAGAS]] (Retrieval Augmented Generation Assessment Suite) provides standard metrics for evaluating RAG pipelines: [[https://docs.ragas.io/|RAGAS]] (Retrieval Augmented Generation Assessment Suite) provides standard metrics for evaluating RAG pipelines:
  
-  * **Faithfulness** — Are generated claims supported by retrieved context?+  * **Faithfulness** — Are generated claims supported by retrieved context? Measured as $\frac{|\text{supported claims}|}{|\text{total claims}|}$
   * **Answer relevance** — Does the response address the actual question?   * **Answer relevance** — Does the response address the actual question?
-  * **Context precision** — How much of the retrieved context is relevant? +  * **Context precision** — How much of the retrieved context is relevant? $\text{Precision@}k = \frac{|\text{relevant chunks in top-}k|}{k}$ 
-  * **Context recall** — Were all necessary documents retrieved?+  * **Context recall** — Were all necessary documents retrieved? $\text{Recall} = \frac{|\text{relevant chunks retrieved}|}{|\text{total relevant chunks}|}$
  
 ===== References ===== ===== References =====
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   * [[agent_memory_frameworks]] — Memory systems that build on RAG patterns   * [[agent_memory_frameworks]] — Memory systems that build on RAG patterns
   * [[vector_databases]] — Storage infrastructure for RAG   * [[vector_databases]] — Storage infrastructure for RAG
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