Equation 8 · Part 1 · Naive, Graph, and Agentic: A Systems Comparison of RAG Architectures
Symbol eta
What this part means
the retriever parameters.
Its job in the formula
eta is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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Where the article explains it
with retriever parameters and generator parameters [ 1 ] .
The passage around this formula
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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A variable is a named place for a value. Its letter is a local label: x can mean position in one formula and a data point in another.
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Sources cited in the surrounding passage
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