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		Linear Latent Non-Gaussian Models with Flexible Distributions //
		Fits and analyzes linear latent non-Gaussian models for
		temporal, spatial, and space-time data. The package provides
		model components for autoregressive and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck
		processes, random walks, Matern fields based on stochastic
		partial differential equations, separable and non-separable
		space-time models, graph-based Matern models, bivariate type-G
		fields, and user-defined sparse operators. Latent fields and
		observation models can use Gaussian and non-Gaussian noise
		distributions, including normal inverse Gaussian, generalized
		asymmetric Laplace, and skew-t distributions. Functions are
		included for simulation, likelihood-based estimation,
		prediction, cross-validation, convergence diagnostics,
		stochastic gradient optimization, batch-means confidence
		intervals, and posterior-like sampling. The modeling framework
		is described in Bolin, Jin, Simas and Wallin (2026) "A Unified
		and Computationally Efficient Non-Gaussian Statistical Modeling
		Framework" doi:10.48550/arXiv.2602.23987.
	</longdescription>
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