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 Change Log
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+Inferelator v0.5.6 `August 16, 2021`
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+New Functionality:
+
+- Added code to randomly generate noise in prior with ``.set_shuffle_parameters(add_prior_noise=None)``
+- Added in-workflow benchmarks for CellOracle and pySCENIC
+- 
+
+Code Refactoring:
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+- Minor changes to matplotlib interface
+- Improved testing for multitask workflows
+- Improved error messaging around prior and gold standard
+- Switch from Travis.ci to GitHub Actions for continuous integration
+- 
+
 Inferelator v0.5.5 `April 29, 2021`
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