“…Predictive modeling is a statistical technique that has been achieving noteworthy results in the context of postharvest grain management as an innovative way of data analysis (Liakos, Busato, Moshou, Pearson, & Bochtis, 2018;Liu, Li, Shen, Cao, & Mao, 2017;Martinez-Feria et al, 2019;Romero et al, 2013;Yu, Li, Shen, Cao, & Mao, 2017). In short, a predictive model consists one or more mathematical functions applied to a set of observed data that, with the help of statistical inference, is capable of generating predictions for what might happen to response variable(s) of interest as inputs change.…”