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The laboratory method is not economical in terms of cost and time, and artificial intelligence (AI) is used to reduce the aforementioned factors. Models and optimizers use software-based methods to help reduce errors and increase model accuracy. So, The main purpose of this research has been introducing novel ways of coupling an ensemble model with optimizers by adjusting some internal parameters. In this article, two models, the Radial Basis Function Neural network and Support Vector Regression were combined and coupled with General Normal Distribution Optimization (GNDO) and Archimedes optimization algorithm (AOA) into the two frameworks of SVRRBF-AOA and SVRRBF-GNDO. 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