Spreg version 1.8

[pedrovma]

Updates in version 1.8:

• Added:
  -- spsearch .py: specification search strategies following Anselin, Serenini, Amaral (2024)
  -- Example Notebooks 5 to 17.

• Modified:
  -- DGP can now create samples for binary models
  -- SUR (all varieties) now accepts simplified arguments specification based on pandas dataframes
  -- spreg now automatically converts sparse and full weights matrices to W
  -- other bug fixes and general improvements.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Attention: Patch coverage is 10.18237% with 591 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Project coverage is 66.2%. Comparing base (9eabac4) to head (550c999).
Report is 4 commits behind head on main.

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spreg/sur_error.py	37.5%	10 Missing ⚠️
spreg/sur_lag.py	64.3%	5 Missing ⚠️
spreg/sur_utils.py	64.3%	5 Missing ⚠️
spreg/user_output.py	60.0%	2 Missing ⚠️

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