CITATION.cff

cff-version: 1.2.0
title: "observer"
message: "If you use this project, please cite it using this metadata."
type: software
authors:
  - family-names: "Malone"
    given-names: "Josh"
repository-code: "https://github.com/aeon0199/observer"
url: "https://aeon0199.github.io/observer/observer_paper.html"
license: "MIT"
version: "0.2.0"
date-released: "2026-04-30"
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: "observer: Runtime Instrumentation for Trajectory Mapping in Language Models"
  authors:
    - family-names: "Malone"
      given-names: "Josh"
  year: 2026
  url: "https://aeon0199.github.io/observer/observer_paper.html"
  notes: |
    v2 preprint (April 2026). Supersedes v1 ("Closed-Loop Stability Control for
    Language Model Inference", February 2026) — the v1 controller thesis was
    falsified on Qwen3-1.7B; v2 reports the falsification arc and a positive
    branchpoint hijacking finding (within-model AUROC 0.82-0.86, see paper §11).