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  "id": 99848,
  "title": "Additional Data - general approach",
  "url": "/competitions/champs-scalar-coupling/discussion/99848",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2019-07-14T18:45:45.304611100Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 6,
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  "content": "<p>I am trying to use additional data to improve the prediction and it seems to be very helpful. This data is presented only for the train dataset. Maybe I use not common approach (in ML competitions) but what is the common approach to use this type of data? I'm a novice in competitions, so I'm very interested in the information!</p>",
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    {
      "id": "574947",
      "postDate": "07/14/2019 18:45:45",
      "content": "<p>I am trying to use additional data to improve the prediction and it seems to be very helpful. This data is presented only for the train dataset. Maybe I use not common approach (in ML competitions) but what is the common approach to use this type of data? I'm a novice in competitions, so I'm very interested in the information!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I am trying to use additional data to improve the prediction and it seems to be very helpful. This data is presented only for the train dataset. Maybe I use not common approach (in ML competitions) but what is the common approach to use this type of data? I'm a novice in competitions, so I'm very interested in the information!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "575001",
      "postDate": "07/14/2019 20:35:01",
      "content": "<p>Check out \"multitask-learning\".  Can improve generalization, if you have problems with overfit... Might also be other benefits I am not aware of.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdXfsAr4Gjw\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdXfsAr4Gjw</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Check out \"multitask-learning\".  Can improve generalization, if you have problems with overfit... Might also be other benefits I am not aware of.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdXfsAr4Gjw",
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    {
      "id": "575163",
      "postDate": "07/15/2019 06:01:52",
      "content": "<p>As I understood I should add all this features as targets, so there will be 5 targets and learn a nn. Isn’t it? Thank you, going to try!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "As I understood I should add all this features as targets, so there will be 5 targets and learn a nn. Isn’t it? Thank you, going to try!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "575178",
      "postDate": "07/15/2019 06:23:42",
      "content": "<p>yes. Will force ther earlier layers to learn features that work for all targets. </p>\n\n<p>Personally, I haven't done this myself, since there is enough data for my NN models. But if I experience overfitting, I will do it.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "yes. Will force ther earlier layers to learn features that work for all targets. \n\nPersonally, I haven't done this myself, since there is enough data for my NN models. But if I experience overfitting, I will do it.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "575221",
      "postDate": "07/15/2019 07:22:28",
      "content": "<p>Which performance you can reach with nn?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Which performance you can reach with nn?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "575246",
      "postDate": "07/15/2019 07:58:28",
      "content": "<p>dont know. im currently at -1.8.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "dont know. im currently at -1.8.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "575392",
      "postDate": "07/15/2019 11:24:52",
      "content": "<p>With qm9 data or without?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "With qm9 data or without?",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": 575001,
      "author_name": "makahana",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/14/2019 20:35:01",
      "content": "<p>Check out \"multitask-learning\".  Can improve generalization, if you have problems with overfit... Might also be other benefits I am not aware of.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdXfsAr4Gjw\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdXfsAr4Gjw</a></p>",
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        {
          "id": 575163,
          "author_name": "kirill702b",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/15/2019 06:01:52",
          "content": "<p>As I understood I should add all this features as targets, so there will be 5 targets and learn a nn. Isn’t it? Thank you, going to try!</p>",
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        {
          "id": 575178,
          "author_name": "makahana",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/15/2019 06:23:42",
          "content": "<p>yes. Will force ther earlier layers to learn features that work for all targets. </p>\n\n<p>Personally, I haven't done this myself, since there is enough data for my NN models. But if I experience overfitting, I will do it.</p>",
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          "id": 575221,
          "author_name": "kirill702b",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/15/2019 07:22:28",
          "content": "<p>Which performance you can reach with nn?</p>",
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        {
          "id": 575246,
          "author_name": "makahana",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/15/2019 07:58:28",
          "content": "<p>dont know. im currently at -1.8.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 575392,
          "author_name": "kirill702b",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/15/2019 11:24:52",
          "content": "<p>With qm9 data or without?</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
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    "574947": "I am trying to use additional data to improve the prediction and it seems to be very helpful. This data is presented only for the train dataset. Maybe I use not common approach (in ML competitions) but what is the common approach to use this type of data? I'm a novice in competitions, so I'm very interested in the information!",
    "575001": "Check out \"multitask-learning\".  Can improve generalization, if you have problems with overfit... Might also be other benefits I am not aware of.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdXfsAr4Gjw",
    "575163": "As I understood I should add all this features as targets, so there will be 5 targets and learn a nn. Isn’t it? Thank you, going to try!",
    "575178": "yes. Will force ther earlier layers to learn features that work for all targets. \n\nPersonally, I haven't done this myself, since there is enough data for my NN models. But if I experience overfitting, I will do it.",
    "575221": "Which performance you can reach with nn?",
    "575246": "dont know. im currently at -1.8.",
    "575392": "With qm9 data or without?"
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