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//  VARIABLE PRIORITY RULE BASED ESTIMATORS
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//  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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//  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
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//
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//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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//  Project Partially Funded By: 
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//  Dr. Ishwaran's work was funded in part by DMS grant 1148991 from
//  the National Science Foundation and grant R01 CA163739 from the
//  National Cancer Institute and grant R35 GM139659 from the National
//  Institute of General Medical Sciences.
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//  Written by:
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//  Hemant Ishwaran, Ph.D.
//  Director of Statistical Methodology
//  Professor, Division of Biostatistics
//  Clinical Research Building, Room 1058
//  1120 NW 14th Street
//  University of Miami, Miami FL 33136
//
//  email:  hemant.ishwaran@gmail.com
//  URL:    https://ishwaran.org/
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//  Min Lu
//
//  email:  luminwin@gmail.com
//  URL:    https://luminwin.net/
//  --------------------------------------------------------------
//  Aster K. Shear
//
//  email:  aster.shear@gmail.com
//  --------------------------------------------------------------
//  Udaya B. Kogalur, Ph.D.
//  Principal, Kogalur & Company, Inc.
//
//  email:  ubk@kogalur.com
//  --------------------------------------------------------------
//
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