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		Semi-Parametric Association Surfaces for Joint Longitudinal-
		Survival Models // Implements interpretable multi-biomarker
		fusion in joint longitudinal-survival models via semi-
		parametric association surfaces. Provides a two-stage
		estimation framework where Stage 1 fits mixed-effects
		longitudinal models and extracts Best Linear Unbiased
		Predictors ('BLUP's), and Stage 2 fits transition-specific
		penalized Cox models with tensor-product spline surfaces
		linking latent biomarker summaries to transition hazards.
		Supports multi-state disease processes with transition-specific
		surfaces, Restricted Maximum Likelihood ('REML') smoothing
		parameter selection, effective degrees of freedom ('EDF')
		diagnostics, dynamic prediction of transition probabilities,
		and three interpretability visualizations (surface plots,
		contour heatmaps, marginal effect slices). Methods are
		described in Bhattacharjee (2025, under review).
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