Rethinking the Role of Token Retrieval in Multi-Vector Retrieval

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Overview

• Multi-vector retrieval models like ColBERT allow for more advanced interactions between queries and documents, leading to state-of-the-art performance on information retrieval tasks.


• However, their non-linear scoring function is computationally expensive, requiring a complex three-stage inference process.


• This …

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