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		Alpha-Power Hazard Regression Models for Survival Data //
		Implements the alpha-power hazard model and regression
		frameworks for survival data based on the flexible hazard rate
		function h(x; alpha, beta) = alpha^x + x^(beta-1) (Pal et al.,
		2026 doi:10.1007/s41096-026-00297-5). Provides standard
		distribution functions (d, p, q, r, h, H, s) and distributional
		properties including raw/central moments, variance, skewness,
		kurtosis, quantile statistics (Bowley's skewness, Moors's
		kurtosis), Lambert W hazard rate function minimum (Corless et
		al., 1996), order statistics, and stochastic ordering (Shaked
		Shanthikumar, 1994). Computes five classical estimation methods
		for baseline parameters: Maximum Likelihood Estimation (Casella
		Berger, 2002), Least Squares Estimation (Swain et al., 1988),
		Weighted Least Squares Estimation (Styan, 1973), Maximum
		Product of Spacings Estimation (Cheng  Amin, 1983
		doi:10.1111/j.2517-6161.1983.tb01241.x), and Cramer-von Mises
		Estimation (Macdonald, 1971). Supports four hazard regression
		models (M1-M4) within proportional hazards and parametric
		frameworks across uncensored data, right censoring, left
		censoring, interval censoring, and progressive Type-I and Type-
		II censoring schemes (Lee  Wang, 2003; Lawless, 2011;
		Balakrishnan  Aggarwala, 2000). Includes comprehensive model
		diagnostics, Cox-Snell, martingale, deviance, standardized, and
		studentized residuals, leverage, Cook's distance, DFFITS,
		DFBETAS, model comparisons (AIC, BIC, WAIC), k-fold cross-
		validation, prediction suites, random data generators, and an
		eight-panel diagnostic visualization suite.
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