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Which Prompting Technique Should I Use? An Empirical Investigation of Prompting Techniques for Software Engineering Tasks

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Main Authors:	Santana Jr, E. G., Benjamin, Gabriel, Araujo, Melissa, Santos, Harrison, Freitas, David, Almeida, Eduardo, Neto, Paulo Anselmo da M. S., Li, Jiawei, Chun, Jina, Ahmed, Iftekhar
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Software Engineering
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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