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Alfonso Gómez-Espinosa1, Víctor M Hernández-Guzmán, Manuel Bandala-Sánchez

  • 1Centro de Ingeniería y Desarrollo Industrial, Dirección de Investigación y Posgrado, Santiago de Querétaro, Qro., Mexico. agomez@cidesi.mx

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