v0.5.0rc1

What's Changed

Bug Fixes

• Fix CLSCP-SO bugs and add tests by @jGaboardi in #316
• [BUG] affinity in Skater spanning forest by @jGaboardi in #333
• [BUG] bounds for client assignment variables by @jGaboardi in #336

Enhancements

• LSCP-B by @erinrolson in #259
• P dispersion by @erinrolson in #268

Regionalization

• Region-k-means seed by @jGaboardi in #294
• expose SPENC kwargs by @jGaboardi in #312

Facility Location

• Rewrite LSCPB formulation by @erinrolson in #272
• New attributes & functionality for locate models by @jGaboardi in #296
• start of doc work – focusing on locate docs by @jGaboardi in #302
• Streamline redundant parameter passing in constraint constructors by @jGaboardi in #319
• individual locate test, tqdm, & bare minimal testing env by @jGaboardi in #324
• Clean up the implementation of the capacitated LSCP by @jGaboardi in #329

Other Changes

• JOSS -- update footnote hyperlinks by @jGaboardi in #254
• Update citation info by @jGaboardi in #256
• correct bitex cite syntax by @jGaboardi in #257
• Locate Notebooks with API inconsistent usage by @gegen07 in #261
• mark k_means_heuristic_synth_small test with xfail by @jGaboardi in #264
• Add spacing in lscp math definition by @erinrolson in #266
• Update typo in p-median example by @nickbearman in #275
• .coverage in .gitignore by @jGaboardi in #277
• testing overhaul, etc by @jGaboardi in #279
• Update/cleanup/standardize notebooks by @jGaboardi in #288
• Drop Py37, update binders, & test future shapely dev by @jGaboardi in #292
• remove pip install in notebooks by @jGaboardi in #293
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #301
• utilize BaseSpOptExactSolver by @jGaboardi in #305
• doc work and formatting continued (random_region, util, ward) by @jGaboardi in #307
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #313
• Facility capacity for LSCP by @erinrolson in #273
• workaround for cascading references in docs by @jGaboardi in #309
• doc build env correction by @jGaboardi in #334
• polish up docstrings, etc. in skater.py by @jGaboardi in #335

New Contributors

• @erinrolson made their first contribution in #266
• @nickbearman made their first contribution in #275
• @pre-commit-ci made their first contribution in #301

Full Changelog: v0.4.1...v0.5.0rc1