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Understanding Chain-of-Thought Effectiveness in Code Generation: An Empirical and Information-Theoretic Analysis

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Main Authors:	Jin, Naizhu, Li, Zhong, Yang, Guang, Zhang, Tian, Zeng, Qingkai
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Software Engineering
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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