CRINN: Contrastive Reinforcement Learning for Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search
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arXiv:2508.02091v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Approximate nearest-neighbor search (ANNS) algorithms have become increasingly critical for recent AI applications, particularly in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agent-based LLM applications. In this paper, we present CRINN, a new paradigm for ANNS algorithms. CRINN treats ANNS optimization as a reinforcement learning problem where execution speed serves as the reward signal. This approach enables the automatic generation of progressively faster ANNS implementations while maintaining accuracy constraints. Our experimental eva
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- arXiv:2508.02091v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Approximate nearest-neighbor search (ANNS) algorithms have become increasingly critical for recent AI applications, particularly in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agent-based LLM applications.
- In this paper, we present CRINN, a new paradigm for ANNS algorithms.
- CRINN treats ANNS optimization as a reinforcement learning problem where execution speed serves as the reward signal.
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