{"product_id":"rag-in-practice-husn-ara-9798246638545","title":"RAG in Practice: Engineering Reliable Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems for LLMs and Generative AI","description":"\u003cb\u003eRAG in Practice: Engineering Reliable Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems for LLMs and Generative AI\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnlock the full potential of \u003cb\u003eRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)\u003c\/b\u003e with this authoritative, hands-on guide for engineers, AI professionals, and data scientists. \u003cb\u003eRAG in Practice\u003c\/b\u003e bridges the gap between \u003cb\u003elarge language models (LLMs)\u003c\/b\u003e and enterprise knowledge systems, teaching you how to design, implement, and optimize \u003cb\u003erobust, production-ready RAG pipelines\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eInside this book, you'll master: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRAG Fundamentals\u003c\/b\u003e: Understand why standalone LLMs are limited, how RAG enhances reasoning, and the evolution from IR + NLP to modern retrieval-augmented systems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRAG System Architecture\u003c\/b\u003e: Explore minimal and high-level pipelines, online\/offline components, and data\/control flow engineering.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEmbeddings \u0026amp; Vector Databases\u003c\/b\u003e: Learn dense vs sparse embeddings, embedding drift, ANN algorithms, hybrid search, and large-scale vector indexing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRetrieval Quality Engineering\u003c\/b\u003e: Implement similarity metrics, top-K selection, reranking with cross-encoders, and handle retrieval failures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDocument Ingestion Pipelines\u003c\/b\u003e: Design batch, streaming, and hybrid ingestion; handle PDFs, tables, HTML; and implement chunking strategies with overlap and context awareness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eData Quality \u0026amp; Versioning\u003c\/b\u003e: Apply cleaning, normalization, deduplication, versioning, rollbacks, and audit strategies for enterprise-grade reliability.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eQuery Processing \u0026amp; Intelligence\u003c\/b\u003e: Master query classification, rewriting, multi-query retrieval, and self-querying RAG systems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAdvanced Retrieval Techniques\u003c\/b\u003e: Build hybrid search, temporal\/context-aware retrieval, and multi-hop systems for real-world applications.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThis book is packed with \u003cb\u003ePython code examples, architecture diagrams, and practical guidance\u003c\/b\u003e, so you can implement systems confidently while avoiding common production pitfalls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Studies Included\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLarge-Scale Vector Search\u003c\/b\u003e - industrial vector database deployment and performance optimization.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEnterprise Document Ingestion\u003c\/b\u003e - handling multi-format documents at scale.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSearch-Driven RAG at Scale\u003c\/b\u003e - hybrid search and multi-hop retrieval in production.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRAG Retrieval Failures\u003c\/b\u003e - diagnosis and mitigation of low recall\/high hallucination scenarios.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKnowledge Base Versioning\u003c\/b\u003e - version control and rollback in live systems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWhether you're building \u003cb\u003eenterprise search, AI assistants, or knowledge-grounded LLM applications\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRAG in Practice\u003c\/b\u003e provides the step-by-step blueprint to engineer \u003cb\u003ehigh-performance, reliable, and scalable knowledge-augmented AI systems\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Husn Ara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246638545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Husn Ara","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084049654015,"sku":"9798246638545","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rag-in-practice-husn-ara-9798246638545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}