NEWS

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AgeBandDecomposition 2.0.1 (2026-04-10)

• Replaced Excel import with standard RWL format support via import_rwl()
  • Deprecated TRW_readExcel() in favor of import_rwl()
  • Added firs_age_class parameter for flexible age_class filtering
  • Added zero_as_na parameter to handle zero values
  • Response to CRAN reviewer comments