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    ".. [1] P.K. Sen, \"Estimates of the regression coefficient based on",
    "       Kendall's tau\", J. Am. Stat. Assoc., Vol. 63, pp. 1379-1389, 1968.",
    ".. [2] H. Theil, \"A rank-invariant method of linear and polynomial",
    "       regression analysis I, II and III\",  Nederl. Akad. Wetensch., Proc.",
    "       53:, pp. 386-392, pp. 521-525, pp. 1397-1412, 1950.",
    ".. [3] W.L. Conover, \"Practical nonparametric statistics\", 2nd ed.,",
    "       John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp. 493.",
    ".. [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theil%E2%80%93Sen_estimator"
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