To cite BARD in publications use:

Micah Altman, Michael P. McDonald (2011). BARD: Better Automated Redistricting. Journal of Statistical Software, 42(5): 1-28. URL http://www.jstatsoft.org/v42/i04 .

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Article{,
    title = {{BARD}: Better Automated Redistricting},
    author = {Micah Altman and Michael P. McDonald},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2011},
    volume = {42},
    number = {4},
    pages = {1--28},
    url = {http://www.jstatsoft.org/v42/i04},
  }