1. Adjoint Professor, Dept. of Statistics and Informatics, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE 52171-900, Brazil.
2. Titular Professor, Dept. of Statistics and Informatics, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE 52171-900, Brazil (corresponding author). ORCID: .
3. Associate Professor, Dept. of Nuclear Energy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE 50670-901, Brazil.
4. Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor and Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair, Water Engineering, Dept. of Biological and Agriculture Engineering and Zachry Dept. of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2117.