Tag: Retrieval Evaluation

2 articles

• LLM Reranker Production Evaluation: Guarding RAG Retrieval Quality with Golden Query Sets, nDCG, and Latency Budgets

  A deep dive into production evaluation methodologies for LLM Rerankers in RAG systems, covering golden query set construction, nDCG and MRR ranking metrics, candidate set budget optimization, latency and cost governance, canary release gates, and rollback strategies to prevent retrieval ranking degradation.

  07/07/2026 LLM / RAG / Reranker / Retrieval Evaluation / Production AI

• Embedding & Reranker Production Evaluation: Preventing Retrieval Regression with Offline Replay and Shadow Traffic

  A systematic guide to evaluating retrieval quality after deploying Embedding and Reranker models. Covers offline replay, shadow traffic, hybrid search, metric design, and regression handling to prevent silent quality degradation.

  07/02/2026 Embedding / Reranker / RAG / Hybrid Search / Retrieval Evaluation / Shadow Traffic / Offline Replay