This article outlines a comprehensive framework for evaluating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, emphasizing the need to assess both the retrieval and generation components independently. It highlights common failure modes, such as retrieval of outdated or irrelevant documents, and generation that deviates from the provided context. The proposed RAG Triad framework uses three core metrics: context precision, faithfulness, and answer relevance, to ensure accurate and reliable responses. AI
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IMPACT Provides a structured approach to improve RAG system reliability by identifying and addressing specific failure points in retrieval and generation.
RANK_REASON The article describes a technical framework and evaluation metrics for a specific AI system architecture (RAG), which falls under research and development. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]