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  "id": 20453,
  "title": "Is this a classification problem?",
  "url": "/competitions/expedia-hotel-recommendations/discussion/20453",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-04-26T15:45:32.280Z",
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  "content": "<p>What does the &quot;hotel_cluster&quot; mean? how was it determined?\nIs that the &quot;target column&quot;?</p>",
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      "id": "116936",
      "postDate": "04/26/2016 15:45:32",
      "content": "<p>What does the &quot;hotel_cluster&quot; mean? how was it determined?\nIs that the &quot;target column&quot;?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "What does the \"hotel_cluster\" mean? how was it determined?\r\nIs that the \"target column\"?",
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      "id": "116972",
      "postDate": "04/26/2016 18:54:42",
      "content": "<p>First of all: yes, this is a classification task, and yes, hotel_cluster is your target_column.</p>\n\n<p>You can see hotel_cluster as the &quot;meta_hotel&quot; the user decided to book/click. \nIt was determined by Expedia itself (they create these clusters), and so its like a black box to us.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "First of all: yes, this is a classification task, and yes, hotel_cluster is your target_column.\r\n\r\nYou can see hotel_cluster as the \"meta_hotel\" the user decided to book/click. \r\nIt was determined by Expedia itself (they create these clusters), and so its like a black box to us.",
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    {
      "id": 116972,
      "author_name": "khaoticmind",
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      "post_date": "04/26/2016 18:54:42",
      "content": "<p>First of all: yes, this is a classification task, and yes, hotel_cluster is your target_column.</p>\n\n<p>You can see hotel_cluster as the &quot;meta_hotel&quot; the user decided to book/click. \nIt was determined by Expedia itself (they create these clusters), and so its like a black box to us.</p>",
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    "116936": "What does the \"hotel_cluster\" mean? how was it determined?\r\nIs that the \"target column\"?",
    "116972": "First of all: yes, this is a classification task, and yes, hotel_cluster is your target_column.\r\n\r\nYou can see hotel_cluster as the \"meta_hotel\" the user decided to book/click. \r\nIt was determined by Expedia itself (they create these clusters), and so its like a black box to us."
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