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+Introduction
+============
 
+This is the source repository for the paper:
+
+   Moore, J.K. and van den Bogert, A. "Quiet Standing Controller Parameter
+   Identification: A Comparison of Methods", 2015.
+
+This repository contains or links to all of the information needed to reproduce
+the results in the paper.
+
+The latest rendered version of the PDF can be viewed via the ShareLaTeX_ CI
+system:
+
+.. image:: https://www.sharelatex.com/github/repos/csu-hmc/inverted-pendulum-sys-id/builds/latest/badge.svg
+   :target: https://www.sharelatex.com/github/repos/csu-hmc/inverted-pendulum-sys-id/builds/latest/output.pdf
+
+.. _ShareLaTeX: http://sharelatex.com
+
+License and Citation
+====================
+
+The contents of this repository is licensed under the `Creative Commons
+Attribution 4.0 International License`_.
+
+.. image:: https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/80x15.png
+   :target: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+.. _Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+If you make use of our work we ask that you cite us.
+
+Get the source
+==============
+
+First, navigate to a desired location on your file system and either clone the
+repository with Git [#]_ and change into the new directory::
+
+   $ git clone https://github.com/csu-hmc/inverted-pendulum-sys-id-paper.git
+   $ cd inverted-pendulum-sys-id-paper
+
+or download with wget, unpack the zip file, and change into the new directory::
+
+   $ wget https://github.com/csu-hmc/inverted-pendulum-sys-id-paper/archive/master.zip
+   $ unzip inverted-pendulum-sys-id-paper-master.zip
+   $ cd inverted-pendulum-sys-id-paper-master
+
+.. [#] Please use Git if you wish to contribute back to the repository. See
+   CONTRIBUTING.rst for information on how to contribute.
+
+Basic LaTeX Build Instructions
+==============================
+
+To build the pdf from the LaTeX source using the pre-generated figures and
+tables in the repository, make sure you have an up-to-date LaTeX distribution
+installed and run ``make`` from within the repository. The default ``make``
+target will build the document, i.e.::
+
+   $ make
+
+You can then view the document with your preferred PDF viewer. For example,
+Evince can be used::
+
+   $ evince paper.pdf
+
+Software
+========
+
+The scripts used for the analysis is available in the ``src`` directory of this
+repository and depend primarily on the open source Python package opty
+developed for this paper.