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-If you use the sfc part of this project for research purposes, please cite one of the following publications:
-David Holzmüller: Efficient Neighbor-Finding on Space-Filling Curves. Bachelor Thesis (2017)
-
-
-The following files contain code taken from the SG++ project:
-src/files/files.cpp
-src/files/files.hpp
-src/time/Stopwatch.hpp
-src/time/Stopwatch.cpp
-
-========================================================================
-SG++ copyright notice (BSD License):
-========================================================================
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