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  "id": 3992,
  "title": "Possible issue about the submitted models",
  "url": "/competitions/flight/discussion/3992",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2013-03-07T21:42:48.023Z",
  "votes": null,
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  "content": "<p>Hi Ben,</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"line-height:1.4em\">My assumption is that the prediction script contained in the submitted model should not have any parameters besides an input directory name, and an output file name (and possibly the cutoff time associated with the test day).&nbsp;Are\r\n other parameters allowed or not?&nbsp;The problem with them is that they make possible to tune the final prediction for the final evaluation set. &nbsp;What happens, if a contestant's prediction script has extra parameters?</span></p>\r\n<p>Taki</p>",
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      "id": "21160",
      "postDate": "03/07/2013 21:42:48",
      "content": "<p>Hi Ben,</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"line-height:1.4em\">My assumption is that the prediction script contained in the submitted model should not have any parameters besides an input directory name, and an output file name (and possibly the cutoff time associated with the test day).&nbsp;Are\r\n other parameters allowed or not?&nbsp;The problem with them is that they make possible to tune the final prediction for the final evaluation set. &nbsp;What happens, if a contestant's prediction script has extra parameters?</span></p>\r\n<p>Taki</p>",
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      "id": "21161",
      "postDate": "03/07/2013 21:46:29",
      "content": "<p>There should be no tuneable parameters in the script that are set on the final evaluation set. If there are, we reserve the right to disqualify the entry.</p>",
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    {
      "id": 21161,
      "author_name": "benhamner",
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      "post_date": "03/07/2013 21:46:29",
      "content": "<p>There should be no tuneable parameters in the script that are set on the final evaluation set. If there are, we reserve the right to disqualify the entry.</p>",
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    }
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