The inference in multi-state models is traditionally performed under
             a Markov assumption that claims that past and future of the process
             are independent given the present state. In this package, we 
             consider tests of the Markov assumption that are applicable to 
             general multi-state models. Three approaches using existing 
             methodology are considered: a simple method based on including
             covariates depending on the history in Cox models for the transition
             intensities; methods based on measuring the discrepancy of the 
             non-Markov estimators of the transition probabilities to the 
             Markov Aalen-Johansen estimators; and, finally, methods that were
             developed by considering summaries from families of log-rank 
             statistics where patients are grouped by the state occupied of the
             process at a particular time point (see Soutinho G, Meira-Machado L
             (2021) <doi:10.1007/s00180-021-01139-7> and Titman AC, Putter H
             (2020) <doi:10.1093/biostatistics/kxaa030>).

A collection of tools for analyzing significance of 
    Markowitz portfolios, using the delta method on the second moment
    matrix, <arxiv:1312.0557>.

Import xyz data from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, <https://www.noaa.gov>), GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans, <https://www.gebco.net>) and other sources, plot xyz data to prepare publication-ready figures, analyze xyz data to extract transects, get depth / altitude based on geographical coordinates, or calculate z-constrained least-cost paths.

It contains the function to apply MARMoT balancing technique discussed in: Silan, Boccuzzo, Arpino (2021) <DOI:10.1002/sim.9192>, Silan, Belloni, Boccuzzo, (2023) <DOI:10.1007/s10260-023-00695-0>; 
             furthermore it contains a function for computing the Deloof's approximation of the average rank 
             (and also a parallelized version) and a function to compute the Absolute Standardized Bias.