Towards Knowledge Checking in Retrieval-augmented Generation: A Representation Perspective

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Autores principales: Zeng, Shenglai, Zhang, Jiankun, Li, Bingheng, Lin, Yuping, Zheng, Tianqi, Everaert, Dante, Lu, Hanqing, Liu, Hui, Xing, Yue, Cheng, Monica Xiao, Tang, Jiliang
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author Zeng, Shenglai
Zhang, Jiankun
Li, Bingheng
Lin, Yuping
Zheng, Tianqi
Everaert, Dante
Lu, Hanqing
Liu, Hui
Liu, Hui
Xing, Yue
Cheng, Monica Xiao
Tang, Jiliang
author_facet Zeng, Shenglai
Zhang, Jiankun
Li, Bingheng
Lin, Yuping
Zheng, Tianqi
Everaert, Dante
Lu, Hanqing
Liu, Hui
Liu, Hui
Xing, Yue
Cheng, Monica Xiao
Tang, Jiliang
contents Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems have shown promise in enhancing the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs). However, these systems face challenges in effectively integrating external knowledge with the LLM's internal knowledge, often leading to issues with misleading or unhelpful information. This work aims to provide a systematic study on knowledge checking in RAG systems. We conduct a comprehensive analysis of LLM representation behaviors and demonstrate the significance of using representations in knowledge checking. Motivated by the findings, we further develop representation-based classifiers for knowledge filtering. We show substantial improvements in RAG performance, even when dealing with noisy knowledge databases. Our study provides new insights into leveraging LLM representations for enhancing the reliability and effectiveness of RAG systems.
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spellingShingle Towards Knowledge Checking in Retrieval-augmented Generation: A Representation Perspective
Zeng, Shenglai
Zhang, Jiankun
Li, Bingheng
Lin, Yuping
Zheng, Tianqi
Everaert, Dante
Lu, Hanqing
Liu, Hui
Liu, Hui
Xing, Yue
Cheng, Monica Xiao
Tang, Jiliang
Machine Learning
Computation and Language
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems have shown promise in enhancing the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs). However, these systems face challenges in effectively integrating external knowledge with the LLM's internal knowledge, often leading to issues with misleading or unhelpful information. This work aims to provide a systematic study on knowledge checking in RAG systems. We conduct a comprehensive analysis of LLM representation behaviors and demonstrate the significance of using representations in knowledge checking. Motivated by the findings, we further develop representation-based classifiers for knowledge filtering. We show substantial improvements in RAG performance, even when dealing with noisy knowledge databases. Our study provides new insights into leveraging LLM representations for enhancing the reliability and effectiveness of RAG systems.
title Towards Knowledge Checking in Retrieval-augmented Generation: A Representation Perspective
topic Machine Learning
Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.14572