{
  "id": 22987,
  "title": "Are feature numbers specific to the production line & station?",
  "url": "/competitions/bosch-production-line-performance/discussion/22987",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-08-20T03:40:51.730Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 4,
  "views": 1138,
  "content": "<p>Example:\nFeature 100 measured at line 1 station 1 (L1_S1_F100)\nFeature 100 measured at line 5 station 5 (L5_S5_F100)</p>\n\n<p>Is feature 100 referring to the same thing in those 2 instances?</p>\n\n<p>This might sound obvious, but I'm thinking it might help to connect that bit of info across the columns.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "131839",
      "postDate": "08/20/2016 03:40:51",
      "content": "<p>Example:\nFeature 100 measured at line 1 station 1 (L1_S1_F100)\nFeature 100 measured at line 5 station 5 (L5_S5_F100)</p>\n\n<p>Is feature 100 referring to the same thing in those 2 instances?</p>\n\n<p>This might sound obvious, but I'm thinking it might help to connect that bit of info across the columns.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Example:\r\nFeature 100 measured at line 1 station 1 (L1_S1_F100)\r\nFeature 100 measured at line 5 station 5 (L5_S5_F100)\r\n\r\nIs feature 100 referring to the same thing in those 2 instances?\r\n\r\nThis might sound obvious, but I'm thinking it might help to connect that bit of info across the columns.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "131850",
      "postDate": "08/20/2016 06:05:43",
      "content": "<p>[quote=Brent Brewington;131839]</p>\n\n<p>Example:\nFeature 100 measured at line 1 station 1 (L1_S1_F100)\nFeature 100 measured at line 5 station 5 (L5_S5_F100)</p>\n\n<p>Is feature 100 referring to the same thing in those 2 instances?</p>\n\n<p>This might sound obvious, but I'm thinking it might help to connect that bit of info across the columns.</p>\n\n<p>[/quote]</p>\n\n<p>You will not find features with such numbering. The feature numbering is sequential right from beginning to the end immaterial of the line and station. You can find more details in this discussion: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/bosch-production-line-performance/forums/t/22929/graphics-showing-directional-relationships-of-each-station/131838#post131838\">Graphics showing directional relationships of each station</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "[quote=Brent Brewington;131839]\r\n\r\nExample:\r\nFeature 100 measured at line 1 station 1 (L1_S1_F100)\r\nFeature 100 measured at line 5 station 5 (L5_S5_F100)\r\n\r\nIs feature 100 referring to the same thing in those 2 instances?\r\n\r\nThis might sound obvious, but I'm thinking it might help to connect that bit of info across the columns.\r\n\r\n[/quote]\r\n\r\nYou will not find features with such numbering. The feature numbering is sequential right from beginning to the end immaterial of the line and station. You can find more details in this discussion: [Graphics showing directional relationships of each station][1]\r\n\r\n\r\n  [1]: https://www.kaggle.com/c/bosch-production-line-performance/forums/t/22929/graphics-showing-directional-relationships-of-each-station/131838#post131838",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "131893",
      "postDate": "08/20/2016 10:50:46",
      "content": "<p>Hi Brent. Based on some sleuthing, each feature has only one unique parent station which it describes. Furthermore, each station has only one parent line to which it belongs. That is my impression at least, based on the headers merged from across the numerical and categorical files. (As a logical corollary, each feature will thus have one unique &quot;grandparent&quot; line.) Have fun! :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi Brent. Based on some sleuthing, each feature has only one unique parent station which it describes. Furthermore, each station has only one parent line to which it belongs. That is my impression at least, based on the headers merged from across the numerical and categorical files. (As a logical corollary, each feature will thus have one unique \"grandparent\" line.) Have fun! :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "136993",
      "postDate": "09/27/2016 08:17:34",
      "content": "<p>There's still one more confusion.. what does each row (in say the numeric file) correspond to? Is it like at that line, station and feature, there were so many parts and  each of them had these measurements? Put another way, does the data represent each manufactured part as a new row? </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "There's still one more confusion.. what does each row (in say the numeric file) correspond to? Is it like at that line, station and feature, there were so many parts and  each of them had these measurements? Put another way, does the data represent each manufactured part as a new row?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "136994",
      "postDate": "09/27/2016 08:19:53",
      "content": "<p>@Anand,  yes, each row is about one manufactured part.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Anand,  yes, each row is about one manufactured part.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 131850,
      "author_name": "datasciencerocks",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/20/2016 06:05:43",
      "content": "<p>[quote=Brent Brewington;131839]</p>\n\n<p>Example:\nFeature 100 measured at line 1 station 1 (L1_S1_F100)\nFeature 100 measured at line 5 station 5 (L5_S5_F100)</p>\n\n<p>Is feature 100 referring to the same thing in those 2 instances?</p>\n\n<p>This might sound obvious, but I'm thinking it might help to connect that bit of info across the columns.</p>\n\n<p>[/quote]</p>\n\n<p>You will not find features with such numbering. The feature numbering is sequential right from beginning to the end immaterial of the line and station. You can find more details in this discussion: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/bosch-production-line-performance/forums/t/22929/graphics-showing-directional-relationships-of-each-station/131838#post131838\">Graphics showing directional relationships of each station</a></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 131893,
      "author_name": "jedsd3285",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/20/2016 10:50:46",
      "content": "<p>Hi Brent. Based on some sleuthing, each feature has only one unique parent station which it describes. Furthermore, each station has only one parent line to which it belongs. That is my impression at least, based on the headers merged from across the numerical and categorical files. (As a logical corollary, each feature will thus have one unique &quot;grandparent&quot; line.) Have fun! :)</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 136993,
      "author_name": "anandjeyahar",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/27/2016 08:17:34",
      "content": "<p>There's still one more confusion.. what does each row (in say the numeric file) correspond to? Is it like at that line, station and feature, there were so many parts and  each of them had these measurements? Put another way, does the data represent each manufactured part as a new row? </p>",
      "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 136994,
      "author_name": "cpmpml",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/27/2016 08:19:53",
      "content": "<p>@Anand,  yes, each row is about one manufactured part.</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    }
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    "131839": "Example:\r\nFeature 100 measured at line 1 station 1 (L1_S1_F100)\r\nFeature 100 measured at line 5 station 5 (L5_S5_F100)\r\n\r\nIs feature 100 referring to the same thing in those 2 instances?\r\n\r\nThis might sound obvious, but I'm thinking it might help to connect that bit of info across the columns.",
    "131850": "[quote=Brent Brewington;131839]\r\n\r\nExample:\r\nFeature 100 measured at line 1 station 1 (L1_S1_F100)\r\nFeature 100 measured at line 5 station 5 (L5_S5_F100)\r\n\r\nIs feature 100 referring to the same thing in those 2 instances?\r\n\r\nThis might sound obvious, but I'm thinking it might help to connect that bit of info across the columns.\r\n\r\n[/quote]\r\n\r\nYou will not find features with such numbering. The feature numbering is sequential right from beginning to the end immaterial of the line and station. You can find more details in this discussion: [Graphics showing directional relationships of each station][1]\r\n\r\n\r\n  [1]: https://www.kaggle.com/c/bosch-production-line-performance/forums/t/22929/graphics-showing-directional-relationships-of-each-station/131838#post131838",
    "131893": "Hi Brent. Based on some sleuthing, each feature has only one unique parent station which it describes. Furthermore, each station has only one parent line to which it belongs. That is my impression at least, based on the headers merged from across the numerical and categorical files. (As a logical corollary, each feature will thus have one unique \"grandparent\" line.) Have fun! :)",
    "136993": "There's still one more confusion.. what does each row (in say the numeric file) correspond to? Is it like at that line, station and feature, there were so many parts and  each of them had these measurements? Put another way, does the data represent each manufactured part as a new row?",
    "136994": "Anand,  yes, each row is about one manufactured part."
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