Version 1.7
  Add ecdf indices to the package and their man pages to the package
Version 1.6
  Modified basis_nearby function so that ALPHA and METHOD parameters can be modified
Version 1.5
  Added Methods to change constants ALPHA and METHOD
  Changed Namespace Declarations
  Removed 'require' calls from examples
  General Clean Up
Version 1.4
  Reverted back to not squaring
  Added support for parallel
Version 1.3
  Fixed bug in caller function
Version 1.2
  Changed Index Form (now squaring)
Version 1.1
  Changed Index calculation so that it is now available in any dimension
  Speeded up index calculation
Version 1.0
  First Release on CRAN