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Hybrid Search and Reciprocal Rank Fusion: Building the Bridge Between Lexical and Semantic
Entity resolution struggles when systems must choose between the rigid precision of BM25 and the fuzzy flexibility of Vector Search. Part 4 reveals why simple linear weighting fails and introduces Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF) as the superior alternative. We explore the architectural shift to Hybrid Search, demonstrating how to merge rank positions rather than raw scores using Spring Boot and ParadeDB.

Gandhinath Swaminathan
Jan 147 min read
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