About the Authors

Zainol Maznah

maznahz@mpob.gov.my

Affiliation Analytical and Quality Development Unit, Product Development and Advisory Services Division (PDAS), Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Muhamad Halimah

Affiliation Analytical and Quality Development Unit, Product Development and Advisory Services Division (PDAS), Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Mahendran Shitan

Affiliation Laboratory of Computational Statistics and Operations Research, Institute for Mathematical Research, University Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Provash Kumar Karmokar

Affiliations Laboratory of Computational Statistics and Operations Research, Institute for Mathematical Research, University Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Sulaiman Najwa

Affiliation Analytical and Quality Development Unit, Product Development and Advisory Services Division (PDAS), Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ZM MH MS PKK SN. Funding acquisition: MH. Methodology: ZM. Software: MS PKK. Supervision: MH MS. Writing – original draft: ZM MH MS PKK SN. Writing – review & editing: ZM PKK SN.