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		Ray-Based Mapping and Visualization of Level Sets (Excursion
		Sets) // An (upper) level set of a function is the set of
		inputs for which the function value is at or above a specified
		threshold.  (Also called an excursion set).  Applications of
		level sets include confidence or credible regions for
		parameters of statistical models, where the function is the
		likelihood or posterior density; regions where classification
		rules assign high probability to a given class; and scientific
		or engineering models where one is interested in input regions
		for which model output is above a threshold.  This package maps
		out the boundary of a level set by finding its intersections
		with collections of 1-dimensional rays, generalizing a proposal
		by Kim and Lindsay (Statistica Sinica 21:923-948, 2011).  Tools
		are provided to generate rays, find intersections, and
		visualize results.  The package makes few assumptions about the
		studied function:  it may be discontinuous, it may have a
		complicated feasible region, and the target level set may be
		non-convex or have multiple, disconnected parts.  Vignettes
		describe package usage and show examples with two to five input
		space dimensions.
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