To cite the mhn package itself:

Momozaki T (2026). mhn: The Modified Half-Normal Distribution. R package version 0.1.0, https://github.com/t-momozaki/mhn.

To cite the parametric family and Algorithms 1 / 3 used by rmhn:

Sun J, Kong M, Pal S (2023). “The Modified-Half-Normal distribution: Properties and an efficient sampling scheme.” Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 52(5), 1507–1536. doi:10.1080/03610926.2021.1934700.

To cite the RTDR sampler used by rmhn(method = "rtdr"):

Gao F, Wang H (2025). “Generating modified-half-normal random variates by a relaxed transformed density rejection method.” Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. doi:10.1080/03610918.2025.2524551.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {mhn: The Modified Half-Normal Distribution},
    author = {Tomotaka Momozaki},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.1.0},
    url = {https://github.com/t-momozaki/mhn},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {The Modified-Half-Normal distribution: Properties and an
      efficient sampling scheme},
    author = {Jingchao Sun and Maiying Kong and Subhadip Pal},
    journal = {Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods},
    year = {2023},
    volume = {52},
    number = {5},
    pages = {1507--1536},
    doi = {10.1080/03610926.2021.1934700},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Generating modified-half-normal random variates by a
      relaxed transformed density rejection method},
    author = {Fang Gao and Hong-Bin Wang},
    journal = {Communications in Statistics - Simulation and
      Computation},
    year = {2025},
    doi = {10.1080/03610918.2025.2524551},
  }