**Author details**

Antonio García-Zambrana and Beatriz Castillo-Vázquez *Department of Communications Engineering, University of Málaga, Spain*

Carmen Castillo-Vázquez *Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Málaga, E-29071 Málaga, Spain*

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