What is Hybrid Search?

There is not a single definition of hybrid search. Actually, if we use more than one search algorithm, it might be described as some sort of hybrid. Some of the most popular definitions are:

1. A combination of vector search with attribute filtering. We won't dive much into details, as we like to call it just filtered vector search.


2. Vector search with keyword-based search. This one is covered in this article.


3. A mix of dense and sparse vectors. That strategy …

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