Jun 2026
Know Before You Fetch: Calibrated Retrieval-Budget Allocation for Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Diagnostic out-of-fold calibration improves probability quality dramatically across core QA experiments on TriviaQA, Natural Questions, and MS MARCO, and calibrated confidence is best understood as a reusable interface for allocating retrieval budget under task and system constraints.
Zhe Dong, Fang Qin, Manish Shah et al.
· arXiv.org · 0 citations