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New DRAG framework dynamically adapts RAG systems for efficiency

Researchers have developed DRAG, a novel framework designed to dynamically adapt retriever and generator configurations in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. Unlike traditional RAG systems that use fixed settings, DRAG analyzes query complexity to optimize resource allocation. The framework includes a training-free approach, DRAG$_ ext{QPP}$, which uses Query Performance Prediction and perplexity measures, and a supervised approach, DRAG$_ ext{SFT}$, which fine-tunes an LLM for configuration prediction. Experiments across multiple LLM families and benchmarks show that DRAG can achieve comparable or improved effectiveness while significantly reducing inference latency compared to static RAG pipelines. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Neeraj Anand, Payel Santra, Partha Basuchowdhuri, Debasis Ganguly, Sumit Bhatia ·

    One Size Does Not Fit All! Dynamic Retriever and Generator Selection for RAG

    arXiv:2609.17709v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems typically employ fixed retriever and generator configurations across queries, despite substantial differences in query complexity and information needs, leading to inefficient allocatio…

  2. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Sumit Bhatia ·

    One Size Does Not Fit All! Dynamic Retriever and Generator Selection for RAG

    Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems typically employ fixed retriever and generator configurations across queries, despite substantial differences in query complexity and information needs, leading to inefficient allocation of computational resources. While retrieval and …