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,	O
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(	O
BON	O
)	O
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a	O
method	O
and	O
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notation	O
for	O
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.	O
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<s>
The	O
method	O
was	O
developed	O
between	O
1989	O
and	O
1993	O
by	O
Jean-Marc	O
Nerson	O
and	O
Kim	O
Waldén	O
as	O
a	O
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the	O
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of	O
the	O
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.	O
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<s>
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claims	O
to	O
be	O
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simpler	O
than	O
its	O
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-	O
the	O
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(	O
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)	O
-	O
but	O
it	O
did	O
n't	O
enjoy	O
its	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
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