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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: MATSim Episim
+message: >-
+  If you use this software, please cite it using the
+  metadata from this file.
+type: software
+authors:
+  - given-names: Christian
+    family-names: Rakow
+    email: rakow@vsp.tu-berlin.de
+    affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3760-2243'
+  - given-names: Sebastian
+    family-names: Müller
+    email: mueller@vsp.tu-berlin.de
+    affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3103-8955'
+  - email: rehmann@vsp.tu-berlin.de
+    given-names: Jakob
+    family-names: Rehmann
+    affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin
+  - given-names: Sydney
+    family-names: Paltra
+    email: paltra@vsp.tu-berlin.de
+    affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin
+  - given-names: Ricardo
+    family-names: Ewert
+    email: ewert@vsp.tu-berlib.de
+    affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6973-3099'
+  - given-names: Kai
+    family-names: Nagel
+    email: nagel@vsp.tu-berlin.de
+    affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2775-6898'
+url: "https://github.com/matsim-org/matsim-episim-libs"
+date-released: 2022-12-09
+year: 2022
+version: 22.12
+license: AGPL-3.0
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     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.github.matsim-org</groupId>
     <artifactId>matsim-episim</artifactId>
-    <version>22.12</version>
+    <version>24.8</version>
 
     <name>MATSim Episim</name>
     <description>Epidemic simulation for MATSim</description>