Create sampling designs using the surface reconstruction algorithm.
  Original method by: Olsson, D. 2002. A method to optimize soil sampling from 
  ancillary data. Poster presenterad at: NJF seminar no. 336, 
  Implementation of Precision Farming in Practical Agriculture, 10-12 
  June 2002, Skara, Sweden.

Methods for the computation of surface/image texture indices using a geostatistical based approach (Trevisani et al. (2023) <doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108838>). It provides various functions for the computation of surface texture indices (e.g., omnidirectional roughness and roughness anisotropy), including the ones based on the robust MAD estimator. The kernels included in the software permit also to calculate the surface/image texture indices directly from the input surface  (i.e., without de-trending) using increments of order 2. It also provides the new radial roughness index (RRI), representing the improvement of the popular topographic roughness index (TRI). The framework can be easily extended with ad-hoc surface/image texture indices.

Implements Surprisal analysis for gene expression data such as RNA-seq or microarray experiments. Surprisal analysis is an information-theoretic method that decomposes gene expression data into a baseline state and constraint-associated deviations, capturing coordinated gene expression patterns under different biological conditions. References: Kravchenko-Balasha N. et al. (2014) <doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108549>. Zadran S. et al. (2014) <doi:10.1073/pnas.1414714111>. Su Y. et al. (2019) <doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007034>. Bogaert K. A. et al. (2018) <doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0195142>.

Implements the "Residual (Sur)Realism" algorithm described by
    Stefanski (2007) <doi:10.1198/000313007X190079> to generate datasets 
    that reveal hidden images or messages in their residual plots. It offers
    both predefined datasets and tools to embed custom text or images
    into residual structures. Allowing users to create intriguing visual
    demonstrations for teaching model diagnostics.