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E-mail: egrsr@mahidol.ac.th*
Sutee Umchid Areeda Lerttira Ronnachai Sirovetnukul*
Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University, Salaya,
Nakornprathom 73170
E-mail: egrsr@mahidol.ac.th*

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