release of version 2.3 (#210)

* changelog and version number bump

* Update changelog for 2.3

- Rewrite Highlights and add some links
- Move a few items between categories
- Add Python version support

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* Changelog: Remove newlines in highlights

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* Changelog: Remove dropping Python 3.8

* Update changelog with deprecated saltelli

Co-authored-by: Ewout ter Hoeven <E.M.terHoeven@student.tudelft.nl>
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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,56 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 <!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yml at master -->
 
+## 2.3.0
+### Highlights
+This release adds a new algorithm for [output space exploration](https://emaworkbench.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ema_documentation/em_framework/outputspace_exploration.html). The way in which convergence tracking for optimization is supported has been overhauled completely, see the updated [directed search](https://emaworkbench.readthedocs.io/en/latest/indepth_tutorial/directed-search.html) user guide for full details. The documentation has moreover been expanded with a [comparison to Rhodium](https://emaworkbench.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/other_packages.html).
+
+With this new release, the installation process has been improved by reducing the number of required dependencies. Recommended packages and connectors can now be installed as _extras_ using pip, for example `pip install -U ema-workbench[recommended,netlogo]`. See the [updated installation instructions](https://emaworkbench.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/installation.html) for all options and details.
+
+The 2.3.x release series supports Python 3.8 to 3.11. It can be installed as usual via PyPI, with:
+```
+pip install --upgrade ema-workbench
+```
+
+### What's Changed
+
+#### 🎉 New features added
+* Output space exploration by @quaquel in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/170
+* Convergence tracking by @quaquel in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/193
+
+### 🛠 Enhancements made
+* Switch to using format string in prim logging by @quaquel in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/161
+* Replace setup.py with pyproject.toml and implement optional dependencies by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/166
+
+#### 🐛 Bugs fixed
+* use masked arrays for storing outcomes by @quaquel in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/176
+* Fix error for negative `n_processes` input in MultiprocessingEvaluator by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/189
+* optimization.py: Fix "epsilons" keyword argument in `_optimize()` by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/150
+
+#### 📜 Documentation improvements
+* Create initial CONTRIBUTING.md documentation by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/162
+* Create Read the Docs yaml configuration by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/173
+* update to outcomes documentation by @quaquel in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/183
+* Improved directed search tutorial by @quaquel in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/194
+* Update Contributing.md with instructions how to merge PRs by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/200
+* Update Readme with an introduction and documentation, installation and contribution sections by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/199
+* Rhodium docs by @quaquel in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/184
+* Fix spelling mistakes by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/195
+
+#### 🔧 Maintenance
+* Replace depreciated `shade` keyword in Seaborn kdeplot with `fill` by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/169
+* CI: Add pip depencency caching, don't run on doc changes, update setup-python to v4 by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/174
+* Formatting: Format with Black, increase max line length to 100, combine multi-line blocks by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/178
+* Add pre-commit configuration and auto update CI by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/181
+* Fix Matplotlib, ipyparallel and dict deprecation warnings by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/202
+* CI: Start testing on Python 3.11 by @EwoutH in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/156
+* Replace deprecated `saltelli` with `sobol` SALib 1.4.6+. by @quaquel in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/211
+
+#### Other changes
+* Adds CITATION.cff by @quaquel in https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/pull/209
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/quaquel/EMAworkbench/compare/2.2.0...2.3
+
 ## 2.2.0
 ### Highlights
 With the 2.2 release, the EMAworkbench can now connect to [Vadere](https://www.vadere.org/) models on pedestrian dynamics. When inspecting a Prim Box peeling trajectory, multiple points on the peeling trajectory can be inspected simultaneously by inputting a list of integers into [`PrimBox.inspect()`](https://emaworkbench.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ema_documentation/analysis/prim.html#ema_workbench.analysis.prim.PrimBox.inspect).

ema_workbench/__init__.py

@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@
 
 # from . import analysis
 
-__version__ = "2.3.0-dev"
+__version__ = "2.3.0"