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		Analysis of Interval DAta // Tools for the analysis of interval-
		valued data, including construction, visualization, and
		statistical modeling. The package provides the 'intData' class
		for representing interval-valued data, along with functions to
		aggregate microdata and to estimate parameters of latent
		distributions. Barycenter and covariance matrix estimation is
		implemented based on the Mallows distance (Oliveira et al.
		(2025) doi:10.48550/arXiv.2407.05105). Robust estimation of the
		symbolic covariance matrix is implemented via the Interval
		Minimum Covariance Determinant (IMCD) estimator, enabling
		outlier detection based on the robust squared Interval-
		Mahalanobis distance, as proposed by Loureiro et al. (2026b)
		doi:10.48550/arXiv.2604.26769. Explainable outlier detection is
		supported through Shapley value based decomposition of the
		squared robust Interval-Mahalanobis distance, allowing
		assessment of variable contributions to outlyingness (Loureiro
		et al. (2026a) doi:10.48550/arXiv.2606.26307). Shapley
		interaction indices are also implemented, along with
		visualization tools to support interpretation of the results.
	</longdescription>
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