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+Stormpy - Python bindings for Storm
+=======================================
+
+Stormpy contains python bindings for [storm](https://github.com/moves-rwth/storm/)
+
+### Dependencies
+
+Stormpy depends on [pycarl](https://github.com/moves-rwth/pycarl/)
+
+### Authors
+
+- Matthias Volk
+- Sebastian Junges