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cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use SCOPE in published work, please cite both the software release and the associated paper below."
type: software
title: "SCOPE: Symmetric COvariance Population Estimator"
authors:
  - family-names: Graham
    given-names: Alister W.
    affiliation: "Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology"
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6496-9414"
version: "1.0.0"
date-released: 2026-06-04
license: MIT
repository-code: "https://github.com/A-Graham/SCOPE"
doi: "10.5281/zenodo.20536917"
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: "10.5281/zenodo.20536917"
    description: "Zenodo archive"
abstract: >
  SCOPE (Symmetric COvariance Population Estimator) is a hierarchical Bayesian
  regression framework implemented in R and Stan. It fits a linear scaling
  relation between two observed quantities while fully accounting for
  measurement uncertainties in both variables, including asymmetric
  uncertainties modelled via a skew-normal approximation. The regression slope
  is derived from the intrinsic population covariance
  (beta = rho * sigma_y / sigma_x), treating both variables symmetrically
  during fitting. The method is designed for astrophysical scaling relations
  but is applicable to any two-variable relation with measurement uncertainty
  in both coordinates.
keywords:
  - astronomy
  - astrophysics
  - Bayesian inference
  - hierarchical modelling
  - regression
  - Stan
  - scaling relations
  - black holes
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: "Galaxy morphology dependent (black hole mass)-(velocity dispersion) relations: implications for gravitational wave forecasts and cosmological simulations"
  authors:
    - family-names: Graham
      given-names: Alister W.
      affiliation: "Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology"
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6496-9414"
  journal: "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society"
  year: 2026
  url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.05808"
  notes: "Submitted; arXiv:2606.05808 [astro-ph.GA]"