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MrRank: Improving Question Answering Retrieval System through Multi-Result Ranking Model

Computation and Language 2024-11-26 v1

Abstract

Large Language Models (LLMs) often struggle with hallucinations and outdated information. To address this, Information Retrieval (IR) systems can be employed to augment LLMs with up-to-date knowledge. However, existing IR techniques contain deficiencies, posing a performance bottleneck. Given the extensive array of IR systems, combining diverse approaches presents a viable strategy. Nevertheless, prior attempts have yielded restricted efficacy. In this work, we propose an approach that leverages learning-to-rank techniques to combine heterogeneous IR systems. We demonstrate the method on two Retrieval Question Answering (ReQA) tasks. Our empirical findings exhibit a significant performance enhancement, outperforming previous approaches and achieving state-of-the-art results on ReQA SQuAD.

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@article{arxiv.2406.05733,
  title  = {MrRank: Improving Question Answering Retrieval System through Multi-Result Ranking Model},
  author = {Danupat Khamnuansin and Tawunrat Chalothorn and Ekapol Chuangsuwanich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.05733},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

To be published in Findings of ACL 2024

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