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 Package: spdep
-Version: 1.3-2
+Version: 1.3-3
 Date: 2024-02-06
 Title: Spatial Dependence: Weighting Schemes, Statistics
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@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ Description: A collection of functions to create spatial weights matrix
   <doi:10.1007/s00168-011-0492-y>. The implementation of most of
   these measures is described in 'Bivand' and 'Wong' (2018)
   <doi:10.1007/s11749-018-0599-x>, with further extensions in 'Bivand' (2022)
-  <doi:10.1111/gean.12319>. Lagrange multiplier tests for spatial dependence
-  in linear models are provided (Anselin et al. 1996)
-  <doi:10.1016/0166-0462(95)02111-6>, as are Rao's score tests for hypothesised
-  spatial Durbin models based in fitted linear models (Koley and Bera 2024)
+  <doi:10.1111/gean.12319>. 'Lagrange' multiplier tests for spatial dependence
+  in linear models are provided ('Anselin et al'. 1996)
+  <doi:10.1016/0166-0462(95)02111-6>, as are 'Rao' score tests for hypothesised
+  spatial 'Durbin' models based on linear models ('Koley' and 'Bera' 2023)
   <doi:10.1080/17421772.2023.2256810>.
   From 'spdep' and 'spatialreg' versions >= 1.2-1, the model fitting functions
   previously present in this package are defunct in 'spdep' and may be found
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-# Version 1.3-2 (development)
+# Version 1.3-3 (development)
 
 * change `lm.LMtests` to `lm.RStests` and re-name Lagrange multiplier to Rao's score; add `GNM_` prefix to test names if the input object inherits from `SlX` created by `spatialreg::lmSLX` (Koley, forthcoming)