Understanding Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG): Concepts, Types, and Development
Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) enhances large language models by fetching up‑to‑date external knowledge before generation, mitigating knowledge‑cutoff limits and hallucinations through a retrieval step (using text, vector, or graph methods) and a generation step, evolving from naive single‑method approaches to advanced, modular, graph‑based, and agentic systems that enable adaptive, multi‑hop reasoning and future intelligent, multimodal pipelines.