AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
M.S. coded the initial implementation of SCNIC and made major contributions to its conceptualization and design. K.T. improved the SCNIC implementation and performed the HIV case study. J.S. performed the comparisons of SMD to LMM with real and simulated data. C.L. conceptualized SCNIC and guided its implementation and design. K.T., M.S., J.S. and C.L. all wrote the manuscript together.