{
  "id": 493481,
  "title": "about seed 3107",
  "url": "/competitions/home-credit-credit-risk-model-stability/discussion/493481",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2024-04-13T16:09:25.900114600Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I have some doubts and want to consult you. What is the mechanism by which random seeds affect models? In this competition, does it specifically affect the predictive ability or predictive stability of the model? I have seen many public codes choosing 3107 as the random seed. Will this lead to a lower performance in the Private leaderboard than in the Public leaderboard?</p>",
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    {
      "id": "2750372",
      "postDate": "04/13/2024 16:09:25",
      "content": "<p>I have some doubts and want to consult you. What is the mechanism by which random seeds affect models? In this competition, does it specifically affect the predictive ability or predictive stability of the model? I have seen many public codes choosing 3107 as the random seed. Will this lead to a lower performance in the Private leaderboard than in the Public leaderboard?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I have some doubts and want to consult you. What is the mechanism by which random seeds affect models? In this competition, does it specifically affect the predictive ability or predictive stability of the model? I have seen many public codes choosing 3107 as the random seed. Will this lead to a lower performance in the Private leaderboard than in the Public leaderboard?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2750391",
      "postDate": "04/13/2024 16:24:05",
      "content": "<p>Using the same random seed won't mess up any leaderboard performance. Whether it's the public or private leaderboard, the random seed isn't the main reason for differences in performance.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Using the same random seed won't mess up any leaderboard performance. Whether it's the public or private leaderboard, the random seed isn't the main reason for differences in performance.",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "2750412",
      "postDate": "04/13/2024 16:42:37",
      "content": "<p>Thanks a lot. Perhaps i have wrong understanding to the random seed of a model. I will do more exploring.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks a lot. Perhaps i have wrong understanding to the random seed of a model. I will do more exploring.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2750900",
      "postDate": "04/13/2024 22:12:58",
      "content": "<p>You see many people using the random seed number 3017 because they are all making modifications to someone else's open-source code</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You see many people using the random seed number 3017 because they are all making modifications to someone else's open-source code",
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2750391,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/13/2024 16:24:05",
      "content": "<p>Using the same random seed won't mess up any leaderboard performance. Whether it's the public or private leaderboard, the random seed isn't the main reason for differences in performance.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2750412,
          "author_name": "swufeleo",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "04/13/2024 16:42:37",
          "content": "<p>Thanks a lot. Perhaps i have wrong understanding to the random seed of a model. I will do more exploring.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2750900,
      "author_name": "yunsuxiaozi",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/13/2024 22:12:58",
      "content": "<p>You see many people using the random seed number 3017 because they are all making modifications to someone else's open-source code</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "2750372": "I have some doubts and want to consult you. What is the mechanism by which random seeds affect models? In this competition, does it specifically affect the predictive ability or predictive stability of the model? I have seen many public codes choosing 3107 as the random seed. Will this lead to a lower performance in the Private leaderboard than in the Public leaderboard?",
    "2750391": "Using the same random seed won't mess up any leaderboard performance. Whether it's the public or private leaderboard, the random seed isn't the main reason for differences in performance.",
    "2750412": "Thanks a lot. Perhaps i have wrong understanding to the random seed of a model. I will do more exploring.",
    "2750900": "You see many people using the random seed number 3017 because they are all making modifications to someone else's open-source code"
  },
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}