About the Authors

Joel Jorge Nuvunga

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Statistics (DES), Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Eduardo Mondlane University, Chibuto College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Chibuto, Maputo, Mozambique

Carlos Pereira da Silva

Contributed equally to this work with: Carlos Pereira da Silva, Luciano Antonio de Oliveira, Renato Ribeiro de Lima

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Statistics (DES), Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Luciano Antonio de Oliveira

Contributed equally to this work with: Carlos Pereira da Silva, Luciano Antonio de Oliveira, Renato Ribeiro de Lima

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Statistics (DES), Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Technology (FACET), Federal University of Grande Dourados, Grande Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Renato Ribeiro de Lima

Contributed equally to this work with: Carlos Pereira da Silva, Luciano Antonio de Oliveira, Renato Ribeiro de Lima

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Statistics (DES), Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Marcio Balestre

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

marciobalestre@dex.ufla.br

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Statistics (DES), Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.