| eAD | three AD scenarios | 
| eIPD | an IPD set | 
| exmLP.2ipd | Checks whether two IPD datasets can be matched with lpSolve::lp | 
| exmWt.2ipd | Exact matching for two IPD's | 
| maicLP | Checks if AD is within the convex hull of IPD using lp-solve | 
| maicMD | Checks if AD is within the convex hull of IPD using Mahalanobis distance | 
| maicPCA | Checks whether AD is outside IPD in PC coordinates | 
| maicT2Test | Hotelling's T-square test to check whether maic is needed | 
| maicWt | Estimates the MAIC weights | 
| maxessWt | Maximum ESS Weights | 
| sim110 | Simulated data used for exact matching |