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Improving Retrieval-Augmented Generation without Taxonomy-based Error Categorization
Gongbo Zhang1, Yifan Peng2, Chunhua Weng1
1Columbia University.
Proceedings of the Conference. Association for Computational Linguistics. Meeting
|July 1, 2026
Summary
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) can be enhanced without explicit error categorization. The RePAIR paradigm directly maps flawed RAG outputs to error-mitigating actions, improving agentic RAG performance.
Area of Science:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Natural Language Processing
- Machine Learning
Background:
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) enhances large language model (LLM) factual accuracy by integrating external knowledge.
- Agentic RAG systems use critic agents for iterative response refinement, but often overlook the robustness of error correction.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if RAG performance can be improved without relying on explicit error categorization.
- To introduce a novel response-action learning paradigm for more robust RAG error correction.
Main Methods:
- Proposed RePAIR, a response-action learning paradigm.
- RePAIR directly maps flawed RAG outputs to error-mitigating action plans.
- Avoided fine-grained error taxonomies and explicit critic supervision.
Main Results:
- RePAIR demonstrated consistent performance improvements across multiple benchmarks.
- The proposed method enhances agentic RAG performance without explicit error categorization.
Conclusions:
- RAG performance can be significantly improved by directly learning error-mitigating actions.
- RePAIR offers a more robust and efficient approach to agentic RAG error correction by bypassing explicit error classification.
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