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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: >-
+  NLPModelsJuMP.jl : conversion from JuMP.jl / MathOptInterface.jl models to NLPModels.
+message: >-
+  If you use this software, please cite it using the
+  metadata from this file.
+type: software
+authors:
+  - given-names: Alexis
+    family-names: Montoison
+    email: alexis.montoison@polymtl.ca
+    affiliation: >-
+      GERAD and Department of Mathematics and
+      Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal,
+      QC, Canada.
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3403-5450'
+  - given-names: Dominique
+    family-names: Orban
+    email: dominique.orban@gerad.ca
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8017-7687'
+    affiliation: >-
+      GERAD and Department of Mathematics and
+      Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal,
+      QC, Canada
+  - affiliation: 'Netherlands eScience Center, Amsterdam, NL'
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4451-281X'
+    email: abel.s.siqueira@gmail.com
+    given-names: Abel
+    family-names: Soares Siqueira
+  - given-names: contributors
+identifiers:
+  - description: Zenodo archive
+    type: doi
+    value: 10.5281/zenodo.2574162
+keywords:
+  - JuMP
+  - NLPModels
+  - Nonlinear Optimization
+  - Model conversion
+  - Julia
+  - Nonlinear Programming
+license: MPL-2.0
+version: 0.13.3
+date-released: '2025-08-08'
+repository-code: >-
+  https://github.com/JuliaSmoothOptimizers/NLPModelsJuMP.jl
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 ## How to Cite
 
-If you use NLPModelsJuMP.jl in your work, please cite using the format given in [`CITATION.bib`](https://github.com/JuliaSmoothOptimizers/NLPModelsJuMP.jl/blob/main/CITATION.bib).
+If you use NLPModelsJuMP.jl in your work, please cite using the format given in [`CITATION.cff`](https://github.com/JuliaSmoothOptimizers/NLPModelsJuMP.jl/blob/main/CITATION.cff).
 
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