Equation 32 · Part 1 · Naive, Graph, and Agentic: A Systems Comparison of RAG Architectures

Symbol L_enc

L_{\text{enc}}

L_{\text{enc}}

What this part means

the writing.

Its job in the formula

$L_e$ nc is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

Full expressionSymbol L_encArticle meaning

Where the article explains it

Writing $L_{\text{enc}}$ for query encoding, and $L_{\text{retrieve}}^{(i)}$ and $L_{\text{LLM}}^{(i)}$ for the retrieval and generation cost of round i ,

The passage around this formula

A single latency model makes the difference between the first three rows and the last two concrete. Writing $L_{\text{enc}}$ for query encoding, and $L_{\text{retrieve}}^{(i)}$ and $L_{\text{LLM}}^{(i)}$ for the retrieval and generation cost of round i ,

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