Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications

As of 8 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 34 of 34 outbound references and 2 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2507.15884.

A citation records a reference. It does not transfer a finding from one paper to another.

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This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Unresolved cited work

Reference 1

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This paper cites GReaTer: Gradients over Reasoning Makes Smaller Language Models Strong Prompt Optimizers.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications GReaTer: Gradients over Reasoning Makes Smaller Language Models Strong Prompt Optimizers

Reference 2

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This paper cites Promptbreeder: Self-Referential Self-Improvement Via Prompt Evolution.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Promptbreeder: Self-Referential Self-Improvement Via Prompt Evolution

Reference 3

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Unresolved cited work

Reference 4

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This paper cites SCULPT: Systematic Tuning of Long Prompts.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications SCULPT: Systematic Tuning of Long Prompts

Reference 5

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Unresolved cited work

Reference 6

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Unresolved cited work

Reference 7

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Unresolved cited work

Reference 8

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This paper cites PromptAgent: Strategic Planning with Language Models Enables Expert-level Prompt Optimization.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications PromptAgent: Strategic Planning with Language Models Enables Expert-level Prompt Optimization

Reference 9

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Unresolved cited work

Reference 10

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This paper cites Large Language Models as Optimizers.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Large Language Models as Optimizers

Reference 11

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This paper cites Dual-Phase Accelerated Prompt Optimization.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Dual-Phase Accelerated Prompt Optimization

Reference 12

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This paper cites Prompt Engineering a Prompt Engineer.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Prompt Engineering a Prompt Engineer

Reference 13

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This paper cites TextGrad: Automatic "Differentiation" via Text.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications TextGrad: Automatic "Differentiation" via Text

Reference 14

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This paper cites PREFER: Prompt Ensemble Learning via Feedback-Reflect-Refine.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications PREFER: Prompt Ensemble Learning via Feedback-Reflect-Refine

Reference 15

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Observation 8c8bc2e8-c2fa-4543-9873-26bbd9bb2c41 · outbound

This paper cites SPRIG: Improving Large Language Model Performance by System Prompt Optimization.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications SPRIG: Improving Large Language Model Performance by System Prompt Optimization

Reference 16

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Unresolved cited work

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications label":

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This paper cites - Give no weight to minor inclusions, bonus features, or background settings that do not determine the product’s main appeal.

Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications - Give no weight to minor inclusions, bonus features, or background settings that do not determine the product’s main appeal

Reference 20

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Which activity do you observe them most immersed in over 70

Reference 21

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Trip Report

Reference 22

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Combo Experience Tour

Reference 23

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications indispensability factor

Reference 24

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications extras

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Unresolved cited work

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications memory snapshot

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Dominance Test

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Golden Rules

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications star scene

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications label":

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications label":

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Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications Automatic Prompt Optimization with "Gradient Descent" and Beam Search

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Pith citing papers

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One Mask to Rule Them All: On Hidden Facts after Editing and How to Find Them cites this paper.

One Mask to Rule Them All: On Hidden Facts after Editing and How to Find Them Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications

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The Biosecurity Blind Spot: Systematic Dual-use Detection in Open Science Infrastructure cites this paper.

The Biosecurity Blind Spot: Systematic Dual-use Detection in Open Science Infrastructure Prompt Smart, Pay Less: Cost-Aware APO for Real-World Applications

Reference 6

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