About the Authors

Ali Seyed Shirkhorshidi

shirkhorshidi_ali@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Saeed Aghabozorgi

Affiliation IBM Analytics, Platform, Emerging Technologies, IBM Canada Ltd., Markham, Ontario L6F 1C7, Canada

Teh Ying Wah

Affiliation Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Saeed Aghabozorgi is employed by IBM Canada Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASS SA TYW. Performed the experiments: ASS SA TYW. Analyzed the data: ASS SA TYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASS SA TYW. Wrote the paper: ASS SA TYW.