ENTRY IN THIS COMPETITION CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL COMPETITION RULES. See Section 18 for defined terms The Competition named below is a skills-based competition designed to promote and further the field of data science. To enter the Competition, you must register via the Competition Website and agree to these Official Competition Rules (the “Rules”), which incorporate by reference the provisions of the Competition Website and any Competition-Specific Rules herein. By submitting an entry, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Rules. Submissions must comply with all requirements stated on the Competition Website and will be evaluated using the metric described therein. Subject to compliance with the Rules, recognition (and prizes, if any) will be awarded based on the quality and performance of submitted models. You may not create or use multiple Kaggle accounts to participate in this Competition. Any attempt to do so may result in disqualification. 1. COMPETITION-SPECIFIC TERMS 1.1 Competition Title Multi-Class Cirrhosis Outcome Prediction 1.2 Competition Sponsor Mostafizur Rahman Antu 1.3 Competition Sponsor Address Bangladesh 1.4 Competition Website https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/cirrhosis-outcomes-challenge-a-multi-class-prediction-task 1.5 Total Prizes Available This is a skills-based competition intended for learning and research purposes. No monetary prizes are offered. 1.6 Winner License Type Non-Exclusive License. Winners grant the Competition Sponsor a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, reproduce, distribute, modify, publicly display, and otherwise exploit the winning Submission and associated source code for research, educational, and promotional purposes. Winners retain ownership of their submissions subject to this license. 1.7 Data Access and Use Participants may access and use the Competition Data for non-commercial purposes only, including participation in the Competition, academic research, and educational use. Any other use is prohibited unless explicitly authorized. 2. COMPETITION-SPECIFIC RULES 2.1 Team Limits Maximum team size: five (5) members. Team mergers are allowed and must be completed before the Team Merger Deadline. The merged team’s total submission count must not exceed the maximum allowed submissions at the time of merger. 2.2 Submission Limits Maximum submissions: five (5) per team per day. Participants may select up to two (2) Final Submissions for judging. 2.3 Competition Timeline All relevant dates (Start Date, Entry Deadline, Team Merger Deadline, Final Submission Deadline) are listed on the Competition Website under Overview → Timeline. 2.4 Competition Data a. Data Access and Use Participants may use the Competition Data only as permitted by these Rules and the Competition Website. Misuse of data may result in disqualification. b. Data Security Participants must take reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized access to the Competition Data. Redistribution or sharing of the data with non-participants is strictly prohibited. Any suspected data breach must be reported immediately to Kaggle. 2.5 Winner License and Deliverables If designated a winner, you must: Provide the final model code used to generate the winning submission, including training and inference code. Provide documentation sufficient to reproduce the results (model architecture, preprocessing, hyperparameters, training details). Grant the license described in Section 1.6. 2.6 External Data and Tools Publicly available external datasets and pre-trained models may be used, provided they are freely accessible or reasonably available to all participants. Use of proprietary, expensive, or inaccessible resources that create an unfair advantage is prohibited. Automated Machine Learning Tools (AutoML) are allowed if participants hold appropriate licenses and comply with these Rules. 2.7 Eligibility The Competition is open to all eligible Kaggle users. Employees, contractors, or affiliates of the Competition Sponsor or Kaggle may participate but are not eligible for prizes. 2.8 Winner’s Obligations Winners may be required to: Submit a detailed technical report explaining their methodology. Provide a reproducible code repository. Complete any eligibility or acceptance documentation required by Kaggle or the Sponsor. 3. GOVERNING LAW Unless otherwise required by applicable law, these Rules are governed by the laws of the State of California, USA, excluding conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising from the Competition shall be resolved exclusively in the courts of Santa Clara County, California.