.. Advanced Retrieval and Re-ranking documentation master file

Advanced Retrieval and Re-ranking
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A curated collection of research papers on dense retrieval, negative sampling strategies, 
and re-ranking techniques for information retrieval and question answering systems.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Contents:

   rag_overview
   rag_practical_guide
   rag_complexity
   dense_retrieval_paradigm
   hard_negatives
   expert_perspectives
   benchmarks_and_datasets
   retrieval-reranking-libraries-comparison
   literature
   stage1_retrieval/index
   stage2_reranking/index
   contributing

Welcome to the documentation for advanced retrieval and re-ranking research. This resource 
provides a comprehensive overview of the latest techniques and papers organized by their 
role in the RAG pipeline: **Stage 1 (Retrieval)** for efficient candidate selection and 
**Stage 2 (Re-ranking)** for precision scoring.

Quick Links
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* :doc:`rag_overview` - Understanding RAG and the two-stage pipeline
* :doc:`rag_practical_guide` - Building RAG pipelines: MVP to production
* :doc:`rag_complexity` - Computational complexity analysis of RAG components
* :doc:`expert_perspectives` - Expert opinions on architectures and trade-offs
* :doc:`benchmarks_and_datasets` - Evaluation benchmarks, datasets, and metrics
* :doc:`retrieval-reranking-libraries-comparison` - 30+ libraries compared
* :doc:`stage1_retrieval/index` - Stage 1: Dense retrieval methods
* :doc:`stage2_reranking/index` - Stage 2: Re-ranking and cross-encoders
* :doc:`contributing` - How to contribute to this collection

Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`search`