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 The only kernel available at the moment is a _squared exponential_ kernel, more kernels and custom kernel composition will be added in the future
 
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-kernel composition is already possible via custom function definitions: "soft" kernel composition is yet to be implemented.
+**update**: kernel composition is already possible via custom function definitions: "soft" kernel composition is yet to be implemented.
 
-Some basic parameter optimization is provided by `scipy.optimize`.
+Parameter optimization is provided by `scipy.optimize`.
  
 ## Dependencies
 GPnet demos require `networkx`, `pandas` , `numpy`, `matplotlib`, `scipy.optimize`, and `random` to work: nothing too exotic.