Guides
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Getting Started
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Eager to start using **CRISPy**? See :doc:`Quick Start <quick_start>` to begin.

Statistical Methods
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**CRISPy** software's specific methodology, its implementation, and its application
on 3D astrophysical images are described in:


    - Chen, M. C.-Y., et al. "Velocity-Coherent Filaments in NGC 1333: Evidence for Accretion Flow?"
      ApJ (`2020 <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...891...84C/abstract>`_).

The generalized statistical framework behind **CRISPy** and its specialized application on structured
(non-image) astrophysical data are respectively presented in:

    - Chen, Y.-C., et al. "Generalized Mode and Ridge Estimation."
      (`2014 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.1803>`_).

    - Chen, Y.-C., et al. "Cosmic Web Reconstruction through Density Ridges: Method and Algorithm."
      MNRAS (`2015 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.05303>`_).

For the initial development of SCMS in statistics, please see:

    - Ozertem, U., and Erdogmus, D. "Locally Defined Principal Curves and Surfaces."
      JMLR (`2011 <https://jmlr.org>`_).


API Reference
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For detailed information on all available modules, classes, and methods, refer to
:doc:`API Reference <api/index>`.