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Why should I not add keyword and vector scores directly in hybrid retrieval?

Keyword retrieval returns scores around twenty while vector similarity returns values below one. Adding them makes the keyword ranking dominate. How can the two ranked lists be combined without assuming their raw scores share a scale? This is an editorial ranking example with synthetic document ide

ragEditorial · AI-assistedThrive AI Editorial2026-10-07

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Why does filtering retrieved documents after top-k return too few useful results?

A retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system retrieves the five highest-ranked documents, then removes documents outside the user's allowed collection. The final context is often empty even though relevant allowed documents exist. Should the filter be applied before or after candidate selection? T

ragEditorial · AI-assistedThrive AI Editorial2026-10-07