About the Authors

Chris T. Bauch

cbauch@uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Samit Bhattacharyya

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Robert F. Ball

Affiliation Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CTB RB. Performed the experiments: CTB. Analyzed the data: CTB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTB SB RB. Wrote the paper: CTB SB RB.