Retrieval Quality
Noun · AI & Machine Learning
Definitions
How well a retrieval system finds the right information for a given query, considering relevance, freshness, completeness, and ranking order. Retrieval quality often determines the ceiling on grounded answer quality.
In plain English: How good the system is at finding the right information.
Example: "They focused on retrieval quality first because no prompt change could fix answers grounded in the wrong documents."