RAG based Question-Answering for Contextual Response Prediction System

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03708v2
• Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 14:18:20 GMT
• Title: RAG based Question-Answering for Contextual Response Prediction System
• Authors: Sriram Veturi, Saurabh Vaichal, Reshma Lal Jagadheesh, Nafis Irtiza Tripto, Nian Yan,
• Abstract summary: Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown versatility in various Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks. Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) emerges as a promising technique to address this challenge. This paper introduces an end-to-end framework that employs LLMs with RAG capabilities for industry use cases.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown versatility in various Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks, including their potential as effective question-answering systems. However, to provide precise and relevant information in response to specific customer queries in industry settings, LLMs require access to a comprehensive knowledge base to avoid hallucinations. Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) emerges as a promising technique to address this challenge. Yet, developing an accurate question-answering framework for real-world applications using RAG entails several challenges: 1) data availability issues, 2) evaluating the quality of generated content, and 3) the costly nature of human evaluation. In this paper, we introduce an end-to-end framework that employs LLMs with RAG capabilities for industry use cases. Given a customer query, the proposed system retrieves relevant knowledge documents and leverages them, along with previous chat history, to generate response suggestions for customer service agents in the contact centers of a major retail company. Through comprehensive automated and human evaluations, we show that this solution outperforms the current BERT-based algorithms in accuracy and relevance. Our findings suggest that RAG-based LLMs can be an excellent support to human customer service representatives by lightening their workload.

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