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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Lance Fiondella, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
 Allen Nikora, Jet propulsion laboratory/ California Institute of technology
 
 
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+Dependencies
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 Using `source("install_script.R")` located in this repository will resolve the dependancies for SRT