@misc{iftikhar2026reliability, title={Reliability of Large Language Models for Design Synthesis: An Empirical Study of Variance, Prompt Sensitivity, and Method Scaffolding}, author={Rabia Iftikhar and Andreas Rausch}, year={2026}, eprint={2604.00851}, archivePrefix={arXiv}, primaryClass={cs.SE}, url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00851} }