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 Package: spatPomp
 Type: Package
 Title: Inference for Spatiotemporal Partially Observed Markov Processes
-Version: 0.38.2
+Version: 1.0.0
 Date: 2024-11-08
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Kidus", "Asfaw", email = "kidusasfaw1990@gmail.com", role = c("aut")),