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In this way, an experimental design of 64 configurations of the neural network was performed. The main arduousness addressed in this work is the significant difference (in tons) in the values of the considered products. The results show the effect that occurs due to the different range values, and one of the proposals made allows this limitation to be handled appropriately. 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