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+# This CITATION.cff file was generated with cffinit.
+# Visit https://bit.ly/cffinit to generate yours today!
+
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+title: parPE
+message: >-
+  If you use this software, please cite it using the
+  metadata from this file.
+type: software
+authors:
+  - given-names: Daniel
+    family-names: Weindl
+    email: sci@danielweindl.de
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9963-6057'
+  -
+    family-names: "Stapor"
+    given-names: "Paul"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7567-3985"
+  -
+    family-names: "Schmiester"
+    given-names: "Leonard"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7946-3232"
+
+repository-code: 'https://github.com/ICB-DCM/parPE/'
+license: MIT
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3478612
+preferred-citation:
+   type: article
+   title: "Efficient parameterization of large-scale dynamic models based on relative measurements"
+   doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz581
+   journal: "Bioinformatics"
+   year: 2020
+   month: 1
+   start: 594
+   end: 602
+   issue: 2
+   volume: 36
+   authors:
+      -
+        family-names: "Schmiester"
+        given-names: "Leonard"
+        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7946-3232"
+      -
+        family-names: "Schälte"
+        given-names: "Yannik"
+        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1293-820X"
+      -
+        family-names: "Fröhlich"
+        given-names: "Fabian"
+        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5360-4292"
+      -
+        family-names: "Hasenauer"
+        given-names: "Jan"
+        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4935-3312"
+      -
+        family-names: "Weindl"
+        given-names: "Daniel"
+        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9963-6057"