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This Model implements the EDIP bond-order potential for pure germanium.  The parameter values are taken from:

V.I. Belko, V.E. Gusakov, N.N. Dorozhkin. Potential EDIP for germanium: parameterization and molecular dynamics simulation of point defects, Proc. IV International Conference, Materials and Structures of Modern Electronics. Minsk, Belarus, September 23-24, 2010. – pp. 15-18. 

See also, for further reference on EDIP:

M. Z. Bazant and E. Kaxiras, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 4370 (1996).
M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras, J. F. Justo, Phys. Rev. B 56, 8542 (1997).

and http://web.mit.edu/bazant/www/EDIP/index.html.