{
  "id": 392310,
  "title": "[Beginner Question] Should I Convert my Data Frame to Time Series for Model Creation? ",
  "url": "/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/392310",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-03-04T17:00:25.128826500Z",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 5,
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  "content": "<p>Hi everyone,</p>\n<p>I'm wondering if I should convert the data frame to a time series format before creating the model. Can anyone provide some insights on whether this is necessary or if there are alternative approaches?</p>\n<p>Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!</p>\n<p>Thank you!</p>",
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      "id": "2168966",
      "postDate": "03/04/2023 17:00:25",
      "content": "<p>Hi everyone,</p>\n<p>I'm wondering if I should convert the data frame to a time series format before creating the model. Can anyone provide some insights on whether this is necessary or if there are alternative approaches?</p>\n<p>Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!</p>\n<p>Thank you!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi everyone,\n\nI'm wondering if I should convert the data frame to a time series format before creating the model. Can anyone provide some insights on whether this is necessary or if there are alternative approaches?\n\nAny feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!\n\nThank you!",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "2169091",
      "postDate": "03/04/2023 19:07:07",
      "content": "<p>We can either groupby aggregate features for GBT models or convert to time series for RNN/Transformer models. Both work well.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "We can either groupby aggregate features for GBT models or convert to time series for RNN/Transformer models. Both work well.",
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    {
      "id": "2169865",
      "postDate": "03/05/2023 14:02:50",
      "content": "<p>Thank you!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2172525",
      "postDate": "03/07/2023 15:31:34",
      "content": "<p>hello chris, could you share some link to a past competition notebook or give idea how to implement transformer or rnn approach. i would like to try out myself :-)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "hello chris, could you share some link to a past competition notebook or give idea how to implement transformer or rnn approach. i would like to try out myself :-)",
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    {
      "id": "2172577",
      "postDate": "03/07/2023 16:25:03",
      "content": "<p>Hi, Chris shared some links in this <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/386218#2143899\" target=\"_blank\">comment</a>. Is this what you had in mind?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, Chris shared some links in this [comment](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/386218#2143899). Is this what you had in mind?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2172585",
      "postDate": "03/07/2023 16:31:07",
      "content": "<p>Tnx. Will look into that. For beginnen like me it's hard to implement DL Architekturen from scratch :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Tnx. Will look into that. For beginnen like me it's hard to implement DL Architekturen from scratch :)",
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    {
      "id": 2169091,
      "author_name": "cdeotte",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/04/2023 19:07:07",
      "content": "<p>We can either groupby aggregate features for GBT models or convert to time series for RNN/Transformer models. Both work well.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2169865,
          "author_name": "aissaouihamda",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "03/05/2023 14:02:50",
          "content": "<p>Thank you!</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2172525,
              "author_name": "simonveitner",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "03/07/2023 15:31:34",
              "content": "<p>hello chris, could you share some link to a past competition notebook or give idea how to implement transformer or rnn approach. i would like to try out myself :-)</p>",
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                {
                  "id": 2172577,
                  "author_name": "heiligerl",
                  "author_url": "",
                  "post_date": "03/07/2023 16:25:03",
                  "content": "<p>Hi, Chris shared some links in this <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/386218#2143899\" target=\"_blank\">comment</a>. Is this what you had in mind?</p>",
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                      "id": 2172585,
                      "author_name": "simonveitner",
                      "author_url": "",
                      "post_date": "03/07/2023 16:31:07",
                      "content": "<p>Tnx. Will look into that. For beginnen like me it's hard to implement DL Architekturen from scratch :)</p>",
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    "2168966": "Hi everyone,\n\nI'm wondering if I should convert the data frame to a time series format before creating the model. Can anyone provide some insights on whether this is necessary or if there are alternative approaches?\n\nAny feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!\n\nThank you!",
    "2169091": "We can either groupby aggregate features for GBT models or convert to time series for RNN/Transformer models. Both work well.",
    "2169865": "Thank you!",
    "2172525": "hello chris, could you share some link to a past competition notebook or give idea how to implement transformer or rnn approach. i would like to try out myself :-)",
    "2172577": "Hi, Chris shared some links in this [comment](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/386218#2143899). Is this what you had in mind?",
    "2172585": "Tnx. Will look into that. For beginnen like me it's hard to implement DL Architekturen from scratch :)"
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