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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+project(maestro)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+
+add_executable(maestro maestro-top.cpp cost-model/src/BASE_base-objects.cpp)
+
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED
+    COMPONENTS filesystem system program_options)
+
+include_directories(
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cost-model/include"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cost-model/include/base"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cost-model/include/tools"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cost-model/include/user-api"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cost-model/include/dataflow-analysis"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cost-model/include/dataflow-specification-language"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cost-model/include/design-space-exploration"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cost-model/include/cost-analysis"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cost-model/include/abstract-hardware-model"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cost-model/src"
+    "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(maestro ${Boost_LIBRARIES})