CITATION.md

How to cite this repository

If you use the software, data, figures, protocols, or derived results, cite the repository and identify the exact release or commit used.

Recommended citation

Lin, R. (2026). Representation Alignment in Commuting Quantum Boltzmann Machines (Version 1.1.0) [Computer software]. GitHub. https://github.com/GoGoKo699/QBM-Representation-Alignment/releases/tag/v1.1.0

GitHub also displays a Cite this repository control generated from CITATION.cff.

BibTeX

@software{lin_2026_qbm_representation_alignment,
  author  = {Ruge Lin},
  title   = {Representation Alignment in Commuting Quantum Boltzmann Machines},
  year    = {2026},
  version = {1.1.0},
  url     = {https://github.com/GoGoKo699/QBM-Representation-Alignment/releases/tag/v1.1.0},
  license = {BSD-3-Clause}
}

Which version to cite

• Complete research archive: cite the published v1.1.0 release. It includes the prospectively frozen weighted sparse-Ising confirmation, all supporting studies, the later temperature-dependent tree boundary study, and the reviewer-facing citation and navigation improvements.
• Primary confirmed MAXJ result in its original release state: cite v1.0.0.
• Pre-boundary-study state: the branch archive/confirmed-result-2026-08-25 preserves the repository immediately before the temperature-dependent supporting study was added.
• A later unreleased state: cite the most recent release and include the full commit SHA used.

To record the exact commit of a local checkout, run:

git rev-parse HEAD

Citing an exact computational result

• The primary confirmation is under experiments/sparse_ising_confirmation/, with canonical tables in results/confirmatory/.
• The later exhaustive graph-selection boundary study is under studies/temperature_tree_geometry/, with compact tables in results/temperature_tree_geometry/.
• For a particular table or figure, cite the release and name the file path. Include a full commit SHA only when the cited state differs from the tagged release.

Release history

See CHANGELOG.md for the scientific and repository-level contents of each release.

Future paper citation

There is currently no preferred journal-paper citation. If a paper or archival DOI becomes available, CITATION.cff and this file will identify it explicitly. Until then, cite the versioned repository.