@article{dualtrackcotbudgetawarestepwiseguidancef,
  title = {Dual-Track CoT: Budget-Aware Stepwise Guidance for Small LMs},
  author = {Sagnik Chatterjee and Atharva Patil and Sricharan Ramesh},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2604.25039},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25039},
}