{
  "id": 169140,
  "title": "Do Simple Average for Better Score",
  "url": "/competitions/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/169140",
  "author_name": "Md Fahim",
  "post_date": "2020-07-23T03:12:06.527000",
  "votes": 7,
  "comment_count": 9,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Simple average is giving more higher Public LB score rather than weighted average (Blending).[Probably]\nI <strong><em>blended</em></strong> 6 of my submission files and got a score of <strong>0.9553.</strong> When I <strong><em>averaged</em></strong> those files, I got public LB score of <strong>0.9578</strong> 😊 \nHope that, it will work for you also. </p>",
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    {
      "id": 940575,
      "postDate": "2020-07-23T03:12:06.527Z",
      "content": "<p>Simple average is giving more higher Public LB score rather than weighted average (Blending).[Probably]\nI <strong><em>blended</em></strong> 6 of my submission files and got a score of <strong>0.9553.</strong> When I <strong><em>averaged</em></strong> those files, I got public LB score of <strong>0.9578</strong> 😊 \nHope that, it will work for you also. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Simple average is giving more higher Public LB score rather than weighted average (Blending).[Probably]\nI ***blended*** 6 of my submission files and got a score of **0.9553.** When I ***averaged*** those files, I got public LB score of **0.9578** 😊 \nHope that, it will work for you also. ",
      "votes": 6
    },
    {
      "id": 940585,
      "postDate": "2020-07-23T03:24:40.663Z",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing this. How about your CV score？</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing this. How about your CV score？",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 940594,
          "postDate": "2020-07-23T03:33:50.527Z",
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          "id": 940608,
          "postDate": "2020-07-23T03:47:52.023Z",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for your sharing <a href=\"/mdfahimreshm\">@mdfahimreshm</a>! I am a beginner and would you mind telling me how to get the CV score of the averaged models? I am sorry if that question is silly.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for your sharing @mdfahimreshm! I am a beginner and would you mind telling me how to get the CV score of the averaged models? I am sorry if that question is silly."
        },
        {
          "id": 940638,
          "postDate": "2020-07-23T04:09:31.967Z",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"/vincentren1997\">@vincentren1997</a>  I averaged in the submission files.\n Just like\n <code>sub_avg['target'] = (sub_1['target']+sub_2['target'])/2</code>\nwhere sub_1 and sub_2 are from different single models with different CV score of its own. I only know doing CV in one model not in multiple model.  </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "@vincentren1997  I averaged in the submission files.\n Just like\n `sub_avg['target'] = (sub_1['target']+sub_2['target'])/2`\nwhere sub_1 and sub_2 are from different single models with different CV score of its own. I only know doing CV in one model not in multiple model.  ",
          "votes": 1
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        {
          "id": 940646,
          "postDate": "2020-07-23T04:17:24.320Z",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"/mdfahimreshm\">@mdfahimreshm</a> Thanks!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "@mdfahimreshm Thanks!"
        }
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    },
    {
      "id": 940617,
      "postDate": "2020-07-23T03:52:45.370Z",
      "content": "<p>Ohhh.... alright thanks!\nBut that might be somewhat of an overfitting, have you tried training a meta classifier over your different models? It seems like a better idea, rather than plainly relying on the averages.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Ohhh.... alright thanks!\nBut that might be somewhat of an overfitting, have you tried training a meta classifier over your different models? It seems like a better idea, rather than plainly relying on the averages.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 940628,
          "postDate": "2020-07-23T04:01:22.093Z",
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          "votes": 1,
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    {
      "id": 940581,
      "postDate": "2020-07-23T03:19:28.237Z",
      "content": "<p>hi, <a href=\"/mdfahimreshm\">@mdfahimreshm</a>  thanks for share this.\nwhat is your best single score on lb in these subs?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "hi, @mdfahimreshm  thanks for share this.\nwhat is your best single score on lb in these subs?",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 940587,
          "postDate": "2020-07-23T03:25:28.613Z",
          "content": "<p>Best single submission score was 0.9544</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Best single submission score was 0.9544",
          "votes": 2
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  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 940585,
      "author_name": "Zhiwei Ren",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-23T03:24:40.663000",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing this. How about your CV score？</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 940594,
          "author_name": "",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-23T03:33:50.527000",
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          "votes": 1,
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        {
          "id": 940608,
          "author_name": "vctn",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-23T03:47:52.023000",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for your sharing <a href=\"/mdfahimreshm\">@mdfahimreshm</a>! I am a beginner and would you mind telling me how to get the CV score of the averaged models? I am sorry if that question is silly.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 940638,
          "author_name": "Md Fahim",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-23T04:09:31.967000",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"/vincentren1997\">@vincentren1997</a>  I averaged in the submission files.\n Just like\n <code>sub_avg['target'] = (sub_1['target']+sub_2['target'])/2</code>\nwhere sub_1 and sub_2 are from different single models with different CV score of its own. I only know doing CV in one model not in multiple model.  </p>",
          "votes": 1,
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        },
        {
          "id": 940646,
          "author_name": "vctn",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-23T04:17:24.320000",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"/mdfahimreshm\">@mdfahimreshm</a> Thanks!</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 940617,
      "author_name": "Saransh Agarwal",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-23T03:52:45.370000",
      "content": "<p>Ohhh.... alright thanks!\nBut that might be somewhat of an overfitting, have you tried training a meta classifier over your different models? It seems like a better idea, rather than plainly relying on the averages.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 940628,
          "author_name": "",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-23T04:01:22.093000",
          "content": "",
          "votes": 1,
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 940581,
      "author_name": "yunxi",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-23T03:19:28.237000",
      "content": "<p>hi, <a href=\"/mdfahimreshm\">@mdfahimreshm</a>  thanks for share this.\nwhat is your best single score on lb in these subs?</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 940587,
          "author_name": "Md Fahim",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-23T03:25:28.613000",
          "content": "<p>Best single submission score was 0.9544</p>",
          "votes": 2,
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        }
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    "940575": "Simple average is giving more higher Public LB score rather than weighted average (Blending).[Probably]\nI ***blended*** 6 of my submission files and got a score of **0.9553.** When I ***averaged*** those files, I got public LB score of **0.9578** 😊 \nHope that, it will work for you also. ",
    "940585": "Thanks for sharing this. How about your CV score？",
    "940617": "Ohhh.... alright thanks!\nBut that might be somewhat of an overfitting, have you tried training a meta classifier over your different models? It seems like a better idea, rather than plainly relying on the averages.",
    "940581": "hi, @mdfahimreshm  thanks for share this.\nwhat is your best single score on lb in these subs?"
  }
}