About the Authors

Ammar Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Qudrat Khan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Advanced Studies in Telecommunications (CAST), COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Safeer Ullah

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

safeer_iiui@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering, Quaid-e-Azam College of Engineering & Technology, Sahiwal, Pakistan

Asad Waqar

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Lyu-Guang Hua

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources

Affiliation Power China Huadong Engineering Co. Ltd, Hang Zhou, China

Imen Bouazzi

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

Liu Jun Jun

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Power China Huadong Engineering Co. Ltd, Hang Zhou, China

Competing Interests

LJJ is a paid employee of PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products associated with this research to declare.