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Mahidur R Sarker1, Azah Mohamed2, Ramizi Mohamed3

  • 1Department of Electrical, Electronic and System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi 43600, Malaysia. mahidur@siswa.ukm.edu.my.

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