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  "id": 9919,
  "title": "Question about Competition Rules",
  "url": "/competitions/seizure-detection/discussion/9919",
  "author_name": "JihyeBae",
  "post_date": "2014-08-01T14:29:11.757000",
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  "content": "<p>Hello,</p>\n\n<p>I would like to make sure about the Competition Rules regarding the following sentences;</p>\n<p>&quot;Participants must use an algorithmic approach to classify the data segments. Any changes to the methodology across species/subjects must be done in an automated way, so that your approach will generalize to new subjects.&quot;</p>\n<p>I understand that participants are not allowed to have criterion based on species/subjects but on generalized factors such as signal amplitude or frequency;</p>\n<p>&quot;# Allowed<br>if f(signal) &lt; 2 then foo()<br>else bar()&quot;</p>\n<p>However, it is confusing whether&nbsp;it is allowed to use two different features and algorithms depending on the allowed criterion.</p>\n<p>I would like to clarify whether this approach is allowed.</p>\n<p>I look forward to hearing comments on&nbsp;this.</p>\n<p>Thank you.</p>\n\n<p>Regards,</p>\n<p>Jihye Bae</p>",
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      "content": "<p>Hello,</p>\n\n<p>I would like to make sure about the Competition Rules regarding the following sentences;</p>\n<p>&quot;Participants must use an algorithmic approach to classify the data segments. Any changes to the methodology across species/subjects must be done in an automated way, so that your approach will generalize to new subjects.&quot;</p>\n<p>I understand that participants are not allowed to have criterion based on species/subjects but on generalized factors such as signal amplitude or frequency;</p>\n<p>&quot;# Allowed<br>if f(signal) &lt; 2 then foo()<br>else bar()&quot;</p>\n<p>However, it is confusing whether&nbsp;it is allowed to use two different features and algorithms depending on the allowed criterion.</p>\n<p>I would like to clarify whether this approach is allowed.</p>\n<p>I look forward to hearing comments on&nbsp;this.</p>\n<p>Thank you.</p>\n\n<p>Regards,</p>\n<p>Jihye Bae</p>"
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