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		Functional Iterative Hierarchical Clustering // Functional
		clustering aims to group curves exhibiting similar temporal
		behaviour and to obtain representative curves summarising the
		typical dynamics within each cluster. A key challenge in this
		setting is class imbalance, where some clusters contain
		substantially more curves than others, which can adversely
		affect clustering performance. While class imbalance has been
		extensively studied in supervised classification, it has
		received comparatively little attention in unsupervised
		clustering. This package implements functional iterative
		hierarchical clustering ('funIHC'), an adaptation of the
		iterative hierarchical clustering method originally developed
		for multivariate data, to the functional data setting. For
		further details, please see Higgins and Carey (2024)
		doi:10.1007/s11634-024-00611-8.
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