Understanding RAG: Chunking, Embedding, Similarity, HNSW and Multi‑Path Retrieval
This article explains why Retrieval‑Augmented Generation is needed, walks through the offline and online pipeline, details knowledge sources, embedding models, chunking strategies, similarity metrics, the HNSW index, multi‑path recall, RRF fusion and cross‑encoder reranking, and summarizes practical takeaways for building effective RAG systems.
