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<h1 id="chp:introduction">Introduction</h1>
<p>In this vignette, we demonstrate <strong>FORD</strong> algorithm in <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18146"><em>A New Measure Of Dependence: Integrated R2</em></a>, a forward stepwise variable selection algorithm based on the integrated \(R^2\) dependence measure. <strong>FORD</strong> is designed for variable ranking in both linear and nonlinear multivariate regression