@article{apexsqltalkingtothedataviaagenticexplora,
  title = {APEX-SQL: Talking to the data via Agentic Exploration for Text-to-SQL},
  author = {Bowen Cao and Weibin Liao and Yushi Sun and Dong Fang and Haitao Li and Wai Lam},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2602.16720},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16720},
}