Equation 8 · Naive, Graph, and Agentic: A Systems Comparison of RAG Architectures
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the retriever parameters. Read the equation part by part below; each part has a contextual explanation and a link to its mathematical background.
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with retriever parameters and generator parameters [ 1 ] . One retrieval call, one generation pass, and the entire system’s dependence on the corpus runs through that single set .
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