About the Authors

Francisco Chamera

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

fchamera@luanar.ac.mw

Affiliations Basic Sciences Department, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Malawi, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

Mphatso Kamndaya

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

Patrick Phepa

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

Solomon Kadaleka

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

Peter Mpasho Mwamtobe

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Applied Studies, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Blantyre, Malawi

Alpha Omega Soko

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Basic Sciences Department, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Malawi

Competing Interests

NO authors have competing interests.