“…It has been used in many fields including econometrics, chemistry, and engineering (Gruber, & Schucany, 2020). Uzoma, & Jeremiah, (2016) developed outlier detection and optimal variable selection techniques in regression analysis and other fascinating papers by the authors include (Anabike et al, 2023;Innocent et al, 2023;Abuh, Onyeagu, & Obulezi, 2023a;Abuh, Onyeagu, & Obulezi, 2023b;.…”