About the Authors

A. Armean Wright

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Program in Biomathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Ghassan N. Fayad

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America

James F. Selgrade

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Program in Biomathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Mette S. Olufsen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

msolufse@ncsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Program in Biomathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: GF is an employee of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, USA, and may own stock or stock options in the Company.