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Retrieval top-k

What does “Retrieval top-k” mean?

Retrieval top-k: The number of highest-ranked candidates a retrieval system returns.

Retrieval top-k visual guide: The number of highest-ranked candidates a retrieval system returns.
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What is an example of “Retrieval top-k”?

A search step retrieves the ten closest matches before reranking them.

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See also

Retrieval-augmented generationTermChunkingTermHybrid searchTermDocument chunk overlapTermSemantic chunkingTerm

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Contextual retrievalTermRetrieval recallTermSchema validationTermRerankingTermRelevance feedbackTerm