{
  "id": 20291,
  "title": "what fields are considered input",
  "url": "/competitions/expedia-hotel-recommendations/discussion/20291",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-04-20T18:37:53.803Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 5,
  "views": 771,
  "content": "<p>I know the target variable is hotel_cluster, but are other fields associated with the hotel considered input? such as hotel_market and hotel_country?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "115903",
      "postDate": "04/20/2016 18:37:53",
      "content": "<p>I know the target variable is hotel_cluster, but are other fields associated with the hotel considered input? such as hotel_market and hotel_country?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I know the target variable is hotel_cluster, but are other fields associated with the hotel considered input? such as hotel_market and hotel_country?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "116011",
      "postDate": "04/21/2016 12:57:08",
      "content": "<p>All the hotel_* attributes are associated with a hotel.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "All the hotel_* attributes are associated with a hotel.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "116050",
      "postDate": "04/21/2016 17:36:29",
      "content": "<p>So the task then reduces to: Assigning hotel cluster from input data, which Includes other hotel info? (Hotel_* columns are in train AND test)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "So the task then reduces to: Assigning hotel cluster from input data, which Includes other hotel info? (Hotel_* columns are in train AND test)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "116052",
      "postDate": "04/21/2016 17:41:51",
      "content": "<p>Correct.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Correct.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "116957",
      "postDate": "04/26/2016 17:36:16",
      "content": "<p>Hi, Kieran, can you clarify the question?\nWhat do you mean by input variables?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, Kieran, can you clarify the question?\r\nWhat do you mean by input variables?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "116968",
      "postDate": "04/26/2016 18:48:51",
      "content": "<p>[quote=Dotank;116957]</p>\n\n<p>Hi, Kieran, can you clarify the question?\nWhat do you mean by input variables?</p>\n\n<p>[/quote]</p>\n\n<p>Same doubt here. \nAll fields on train and test are input data. You can use date_time or srch_ci (for example) as features on your analysis: on which epoch of the year the user will travel.</p>\n\n<p>The main &quot;problem&quot;, IMHO,  is how to use the click data as input a feature to booking entries.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "[quote=Dotank;116957]\r\n\r\nHi, Kieran, can you clarify the question?\r\nWhat do you mean by input variables?\r\n\r\n[/quote]\r\n\r\n\r\nSame doubt here. \r\nAll fields on train and test are input data. You can use date_time or srch_ci (for example) as features on your analysis: on which epoch of the year the user will travel.\r\n\r\nThe main \"problem\", IMHO,  is how to use the click data as input a feature to booking entries.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 116011,
      "author_name": "adamwoz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/21/2016 12:57:08",
      "content": "<p>All the hotel_* attributes are associated with a hotel.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 116050,
      "author_name": "kieranmace",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/21/2016 17:36:29",
      "content": "<p>So the task then reduces to: Assigning hotel cluster from input data, which Includes other hotel info? (Hotel_* columns are in train AND test)</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 116052,
      "author_name": "adamwoz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/21/2016 17:41:51",
      "content": "<p>Correct.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 116957,
      "author_name": "dotank",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/26/2016 17:36:16",
      "content": "<p>Hi, Kieran, can you clarify the question?\nWhat do you mean by input variables?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 116968,
      "author_name": "khaoticmind",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/26/2016 18:48:51",
      "content": "<p>[quote=Dotank;116957]</p>\n\n<p>Hi, Kieran, can you clarify the question?\nWhat do you mean by input variables?</p>\n\n<p>[/quote]</p>\n\n<p>Same doubt here. \nAll fields on train and test are input data. You can use date_time or srch_ci (for example) as features on your analysis: on which epoch of the year the user will travel.</p>\n\n<p>The main &quot;problem&quot;, IMHO,  is how to use the click data as input a feature to booking entries.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "115903": "I know the target variable is hotel_cluster, but are other fields associated with the hotel considered input? such as hotel_market and hotel_country?",
    "116011": "All the hotel_* attributes are associated with a hotel.",
    "116050": "So the task then reduces to: Assigning hotel cluster from input data, which Includes other hotel info? (Hotel_* columns are in train AND test)",
    "116052": "Correct.",
    "116957": "Hi, Kieran, can you clarify the question?\r\nWhat do you mean by input variables?",
    "116968": "[quote=Dotank;116957]\r\n\r\nHi, Kieran, can you clarify the question?\r\nWhat do you mean by input variables?\r\n\r\n[/quote]\r\n\r\n\r\nSame doubt here. \r\nAll fields on train and test are input data. You can use date_time or srch_ci (for example) as features on your analysis: on which epoch of the year the user will travel.\r\n\r\nThe main \"problem\", IMHO,  is how to use the click data as input a feature to booking entries."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}