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Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Every Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) story we've curated in Bowl of Data, newest issue first — part of our weekly digest across AI, security, blockchain, and engineering.
Week 39 · 2026
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Document Retrieval-Aware Chunking (D-RAC): Universal Retrieval-Aware Ingestion of Enterprise Documents via PDF Normalization and Multimodal Markdown Conversion
D-RAC provides a universal pipeline for ingesting complex enterprise documents into RAG systems by normalizing all formats to PDF and using multimodal LLMs for structural conversion. This method significantly reduces the computational cost and latency of document chunking while improving retrieval precision through optimized table and hierarchy handling.
Week 35 · 2026
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Why basic RAG fails at multi-hop reasoning (and how GraphRAG fixes it)
This technical guide critiques the limitations of naive vector-based RAG for complex queries and proposes GraphRAG as a solution. It provides a practical Python implementation using Neo4j to enable multi-hop reasoning through structured knowledge graphs.
Week 32 · 2026
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BM25 Wins at Scale: A Scaling Study of Retrieval-Augmented Generation Paradigms
This research investigates how different RAG architectures scale in accuracy and cost as document corpora expand from thousands to hundreds of thousands of files. The findings reveal a performance crossover where BM25 becomes the most effective and cost-efficient method at large scales.
Week 30 · 2026
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Beyond Relevance-Centric Retrieval: Rubric-Oriented Document Set Selection and Ranking
This research presents a novel approach to document retrieval that prioritizes the holistic quality of document sets over individual document relevance. By introducing the SetwiseEvalKit benchmark and the Rubric4Setwise optimization method, the authors demonstrate how addressing redundancy and factual conflicts can significantly improve LLM generation performance.
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