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Kavian O. Cooke1,2\*, Abdulaziz Alhazaa3 and Anas M. Atieh4

1 School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

2 Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Technology, Jamaica WI

3 Physics and Astronomy Department, College of Science, King Saudi University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

4 Industrial Engineering Department, School of Applied Technical Sciences, German Jordanian University (GJU), Amman, Jordan

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