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Retrieval Augmented Generation : Build Reliable Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems for LLMs and Generative AI
by Husn Ara
Overview
Retrieval-Augmented Generation: Build Reliable Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems for LLMs and Generative AI
Unlock the full potential of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with this authoritative, hands-on guide for engineers, AI professionals, and data scientists. Retrieval-Augmented Generation bridges the gap between large language models (LLMs) and enterprise knowledge systems, teaching you how to design, implement, and optimize robust, production-ready RAG pipelines.
Inside this book, you'll master:
- RAG Fundamentals: Understand why standalone LLMs are limited, how RAG enhances reasoning, and the evolution from IR + NLP to modern retrieval-augmented systems.
- RAG System Architecture: Explore minimal and high-level pipelines, online/offline components, and data/control flow engineering.
- Embeddings & Vector Databases: Learn dense vs sparse embeddings, embedding drift, ANN algorithms, hybrid search, and large-scale vector indexing.
- Retrieval Quality Engineering: Implement similarity metrics, top-K selection, reranking with cross-encoders, and handle retrieval failures.
- Document Ingestion Pipelines: Design batch, streaming, and hybrid ingestion; handle PDFs, tables, HTML; and implement chunking strategies with overlap and context awareness.
- Data Quality & Versioning: Apply cleaning, normalization, deduplication, versioning, rollbacks, and audit strategies for enterprise-grade reliability.
- Query Processing & Intelligence: Master query classification, rewriting, multi-query retrieval, and self-querying RAG systems.
- Advanced Retrieval Techniques: Build hybrid search, temporal/context-aware retrieval, and multi-hop systems for real-world applications.
Case Studies Included
- Large-Scale Vector Search - industrial vector database deployment and performance optimization.
- Enterprise Document Ingestion - handling multi-format documents at scale.
- Search-Driven RAG at Scale - hybrid search and multi-hop retrieval in production.
- RAG Retrieval Failures - diagnosis and mitigation of low recall/high hallucination scenarios.
- Knowledge Base Versioning - version control and rollback in live systems.
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- ISBN-13: 9798246815908
- ISBN-10: 9798246815908
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: February 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.71 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
- Page Count: 340
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