Very nice. Anyone can apply a fancy model they don't really understand and produce nice looking results based on a bunch of features which nobody can interpret. The art (and science) here is to identify the smallest possible set of features which allow producing the desired result and which ideally have a counterpart in the underlying physics, biology, economy, or wherever the data came from.

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Thomas Baumgartner
Thomas Baumgartner

Written by Thomas Baumgartner

Physicist (PhD), engineer, software developer, data manager / analysist, photographer, musician, and (as of late) writer. Lives in Vienna, Austria.

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