cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use optimex in your research, please cite the preprint below."
title: "optimex: Time-Explicit Life Cycle Optimization"
abstract: "Open-source Python package for time-explicit Life Cycle Optimization (LCO). Identifies optimal technology transition pathways while accounting for when emissions occur and how product systems evolve over time."
type: software
url: "https://optimex.readthedocs.io"
repository-code: "https://github.com/RWTH-LTT/optimex"
license: BSD-3-Clause
authors:
  - family-names: Diepers
    given-names: Timo
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8566-8618"
    affiliation: "RWTH Aachen University"
  - family-names: Tautorus
    given-names: Jan
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9216-870X"
    affiliation: "Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria"
  - family-names: Hartmann
    given-names: Jan Marcus
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4295-1299"
    affiliation: "RWTH Aachen University"
  - family-names: von der Assen
    given-names: Niklas
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8855-9420"
    affiliation: "RWTH Aachen University"
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: "A Framework for Time-Explicit Life Cycle Optimization"
  year: 2026
  month: 5
  doi: "10.21203/rs.3.rs-9630408/v1"
  url: "https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9630408/v1"
  publisher:
    name: "Research Square"
  notes: "Preprint, In Review"
  authors:
    - family-names: Diepers
      given-names: Timo
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8566-8618"
      affiliation: "RWTH Aachen University"
    - family-names: Tautorus
      given-names: Jan
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9216-870X"
      affiliation: "Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria"
    - family-names: Hartmann
      given-names: Jan Marcus
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4295-1299"
      affiliation: "RWTH Aachen University"
    - family-names: von der Assen
      given-names: Niklas
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8855-9420"
      affiliation: "RWTH Aachen University"