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		Tests for First-Order Separability in Spatio-Temporal Point
		Processes // Provides statistical tools for testing first-order
		separability in spatio-temporal point processes, that is,
		assessing whether the spatio-temporal intensity function can be
		expressed as the product of spatial and temporal components.
		The package implements several hypothesis tests, including
		exact and asymptotic methods for Poisson and non-Poisson
		processes. Methods include global envelope tests, chi-squared
		type statistics, and a novel Hilbert-Schmidt independence
		criterion (HSIC) test, all with both block and pure permutation
		procedures. Simulation studies and real world examples,
		including the 2001 UK foot and mouth disease outbreak data,
		illustrate the utility of the proposed methods. The package
		contains all simulation studies and applications presented in
		Ghorbani et al. (2021) doi:10.1016/j.csda.2021.107245 and
		Ghorbani et al. (2025) doi:10.1007/s11749-025-00972-y.
	</longdescription>
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