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Main Authors: Paul, Snehasish, Kumar, Rohit, Das, Laxman
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00337
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author Paul, Snehasish
Kumar, Rohit
Das, Laxman
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Kumar, Rohit
Das, Laxman
contents The field of prompt engineering is becoming an essential phenomenon in artificial intelligence. It is altering how data scientists interact with large language models (LLMs) for analytics applications. This research paper shares empirical results from different studies on prompt engineering with regards to its methodology, effectiveness, and applications. Through case studies in healthcare, materials science, financial services, and business intelligence, we demonstrate how the use of structured prompting techniques can improve performance on a range of tasks by between 6% and more than 30%. The effectiveness of prompts relies on their complexity, according to our findings. Further, model architecture and optimisation strategy also depend on these factors as well. We also found promise in advanced frameworks such as chain-of-thought reasoning and automatic optimisers. The proof indicates that prompt engineering allows access to strong AI localisation. Nonetheless, there is plenty of information regarding standardisation, interpretability and the ethical use of AI.
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spellingShingle Smarter AI Through Prompt Engineering: Insights and Case Studies from Data Science Application
Paul, Snehasish
Kumar, Rohit
Das, Laxman
Digital Libraries
The field of prompt engineering is becoming an essential phenomenon in artificial intelligence. It is altering how data scientists interact with large language models (LLMs) for analytics applications. This research paper shares empirical results from different studies on prompt engineering with regards to its methodology, effectiveness, and applications. Through case studies in healthcare, materials science, financial services, and business intelligence, we demonstrate how the use of structured prompting techniques can improve performance on a range of tasks by between 6% and more than 30%. The effectiveness of prompts relies on their complexity, according to our findings. Further, model architecture and optimisation strategy also depend on these factors as well. We also found promise in advanced frameworks such as chain-of-thought reasoning and automatic optimisers. The proof indicates that prompt engineering allows access to strong AI localisation. Nonetheless, there is plenty of information regarding standardisation, interpretability and the ethical use of AI.
title Smarter AI Through Prompt Engineering: Insights and Case Studies from Data Science Application
topic Digital Libraries
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00337