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Home/Glossary/RAG-Fusion
AI Glossary Term

What does “RAG-Fusion” mean?

Definition

A retrieval method that generates multiple query variants, retrieves results for each, and fuses the rankings.

Related terms

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
A method that retrieves external knowledge and feeds it into generation at inference time.
Multi-Query Retrieval
A retrieval technique that rewrites the user query into several variants to improve recall.
Retrieval
Finding relevant documents or records from a knowledge source for a query.
Retrieval Precision
The proportion of retrieved items that are relevant to the user's query.
RoPE (Rotary Positional Embeddings)
A positional encoding method that rotates query and key vectors to encode relative token positions.
Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF)
A training method that uses human preference signals to shape model behavior.

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See also

Self-PlayPost-trainingParent-Document RetrievalMid-trainingBeam SearchWatermarkingRepetition PenaltyCitations
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