@article{samplecountisnotenoughcandidategeneratio,
  title = {Sample Count Is Not Enough: Candidate-Generation Strategy Shapes the Energy and Performance of LLM Test-Time Scaling},
  author = {Mobina Kashaniyan and Ali Jannesari},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2609.19499},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.19499},
}