[PRE REVIEW]: DiffOpt: Parallel optimization of Jax models

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Submitting author: !--author-handle-->@AlanPearl<!--end-author-handle-- (Alan Pearl) Repository: https://github.com/AlanPearl/diffopt Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): paper Version: v1.0.0 Editor: Pending Reviewers: Pending Managing EiC: Chris Vernon

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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

✅ OK DOIs

- 10.21105/astro.2105.05859 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stac3118 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stad456 is OK
- 10.1109/ICNN.1995.488968 is OK

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- No DOI given, and none found for title: JAX: composable transformations of Python+NumPy pr...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Multivariate Density Estimation
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Mathematical methods of statistics

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Software report:

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Commit count by author:

    16  Alan Pearl

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Paper file info:

📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 1259

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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✅ License found: MIT License (Valid open source OSI approved license)

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