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Sobol' global sensitivity analysis is employed to quantify the direct and interaction effects of the governing parameters on skin friction, Nusselt number, and entropy generation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The analysis identifies the porous-medium parameter as the dominant contributor to skin friction and heat transfer, while its contribution to entropy generation remains substantial at both buoyancy conditions. The total-order indices further reveal increased parameter interactions in entropy generation at higher buoyancy. The artificial neural network, trained using the numerically generated dataset, accurately predicts skin friction, Nusselt number, and entropy generation, with test R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      values of 0.99479, 0.99642, and 0.99033, respectively, along with low prediction errors.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The combined numerical-Sobol' sensitivity-ANN framework enables rapid evaluation of nonlinear viscoelastic heat-transfer systems. 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