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| author | Rayo, Jhon de la Rosa, Raul Garrido, Mario |
| author_facet | Rayo, Jhon de la Rosa, Raul Garrido, Mario |
| contents | Regulatory texts are inherently long and complex, presenting significant challenges for information retrieval systems in supporting regulatory officers with compliance tasks. This paper introduces a hybrid information retrieval system that combines lexical and semantic search techniques to extract relevant information from large regulatory corpora. The system integrates a fine-tuned sentence transformer model with the traditional BM25 algorithm to achieve both semantic precision and lexical coverage. To generate accurate and comprehensive responses, retrieved passages are synthesized using Large Language Models (LLMs) within a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) framework. Experimental results demonstrate that the hybrid system significantly outperforms standalone lexical and semantic approaches, with notable improvements in Recall@10 and MAP@10. By openly sharing our fine-tuned model and methodology, we aim to advance the development of robust natural language processing tools for compliance-driven applications in regulatory domains. |
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| spellingShingle | A Hybrid Approach to Information Retrieval and Answer Generation for Regulatory Texts Rayo, Jhon de la Rosa, Raul Garrido, Mario Computation and Language Regulatory texts are inherently long and complex, presenting significant challenges for information retrieval systems in supporting regulatory officers with compliance tasks. This paper introduces a hybrid information retrieval system that combines lexical and semantic search techniques to extract relevant information from large regulatory corpora. The system integrates a fine-tuned sentence transformer model with the traditional BM25 algorithm to achieve both semantic precision and lexical coverage. To generate accurate and comprehensive responses, retrieved passages are synthesized using Large Language Models (LLMs) within a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) framework. Experimental results demonstrate that the hybrid system significantly outperforms standalone lexical and semantic approaches, with notable improvements in Recall@10 and MAP@10. By openly sharing our fine-tuned model and methodology, we aim to advance the development of robust natural language processing tools for compliance-driven applications in regulatory domains. |
| title | A Hybrid Approach to Information Retrieval and Answer Generation for Regulatory Texts |
| topic | Computation and Language |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.16767 |