“…Hence applying an exact method for the identification of the relationships between related parameters to predict the thermal conductivity is a regularly problematic issue. To that end, utilization of computational methods and artificial intelligence methods such as the support vector machines, fuzzy inference systems and artificial neural networks (ANNs) which usually give us high accurate results, has been recommended by numerous researchers in different issues (Ahmadi, Ghahremannezhad, et al, 2019;Ahmadi, Mohseni-Gharyehsafa, et al, 2019;Ahmadi, Sadeghzadeh, Raffiee, & Chau, 2019;Ali Ghorbani, Kazempour, Chau, Shamshirband, & Taherei Ghazvinei, 2018;Baghban, Ahmadi, & Shahraki, 2015;Baghban, Ahmadi, Pouladi, & Amanna, 2015;Baghban, Bahadori, Mohammadi, & Behbahaninia, 2017;Baghban, Mohammadi, & Taleghani, 2017;Baghban et al, 2016;Bahadori et al, 2016;Chau, 2017;Cheng & Chau, 2002;Moazenzadeh, Mohammadi, Shamshirband, & Chau, 2018;Wu & Chau, 2011;Yaseen, Sulaiman, Deo, & Chau, 2019). ANN is a great satisfactory approach to reach optimal solutions for difficult problems, especially in chemical fields and can help us to reduce the time and cost considerably (Abdi-Khanghah, Bemani, Naserzadeh, & Zhang, 2018).…”