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 Benchmarks compare selected Python paths with installed R NNS 13.0+ baselines. Many core operations are faster in Python, while some large stochastic-dominance workloads remain faster in R because the R package uses compiled kernels for those paths. See [benchmarks](docs/benchmarks.md) for current measurements and commands.
 
+## Authors and contributors
+
+- **Fred Viole** — author and maintainer
+- **Roberto Spadim** — contributor
+- **Rasheed Khoshnaw** — contributor
+
 ## Attribution
 Upstream R package and reference implementation: [OVVO-Financial/NNS](https://github.com/OVVO-Financial/NNS)
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-Contributors: Roberto Spadim, Rasheed Khoshnaw