ADVANCED-RAG5 MIN READ
Use HyDE When the Query Is Too Thin for Dense Search
Decide when HyDE is a better query transformation than synonyms, top-k expansion, or fine-tuning.
The query is sparse, slangy, and zero-shot. HyDE is appropriate if the generated hypothetical document is used only to find real evidence, not as answer evidence.
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