Integration of Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Knowledge Access in the ELBE Accelerator Control System
Abstract
The efficient operation of accelerator facilities increas- ingly relies on rapid access to heterogeneous operational knowledge, including logbooks, interlock reports, machine parameters, and historical archive data. At ELBE, we pro- posed a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frame- work that integrates facility documentation and operational records into a unified AI-assisted support tool for operators. The system is expected to index electronic logbooks, ma- chine archive time-series data, and subsystem manuals using domain-adapted embeddings stored in a vector database. User queries will be expected to be processed through a large language model that retrieves the most relevant oper- ational context and generates structured, operator-oriented responses with traceable source references. This contribu- tion presents the system architecture, data integration strat- egy, and challenges toward real-time AI-assisted accelerator operation
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BibTeX
@misc{mirian2026integration,
title = {{Integration of Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Knowledge Access in the ELBE Accelerator Control System}},
author = {Najmeh Mirian},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.27579},
eprint = {2609.27579},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.27579},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Integration of Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Knowledge Access in the ELBE Accelerator Control System
AU - Najmeh Mirian
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/23
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.27579
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.27579
AB - The efficient operation of accelerator facilities increas- ingly relies on rapid access to heterogeneous operational knowledge, including logbooks, interlock reports, machine parameters, and historical archive data. At ELBE, we pro- posed a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frame- work that integrates facility documentation and operational records into a unified AI-assisted support tool for operators. The system is expected to index electronic logbooks, ma- chine archive time-series data, and subsystem manuals using domain-adapted embeddings stored in a vector database. User queries will be expected to be processed through a large language model that retrieves the most relevant oper- ational context and generates structured, operator-oriented responses with traceable source references. This contribu- tion presents the system architecture, data integration strat- egy, and challenges toward real-time AI-assisted accelerator operation
ER -