{
  "id": 6033,
  "title": "practical value of our models",
  "url": "/competitions/expedia-personalized-sort/discussion/6033",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2013-10-16T10:14:12.737Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 1,
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  "content": "<p>As far as I know, there is no constraint that we cannot use data from future bookings (within the provided datasets) in our models. Or did I miss something?</p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">I'm afraid it reduces the practical value of our models, because there are no data on future bookings in practice.</span></p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "32360",
      "postDate": "10/16/2013 10:14:12",
      "content": "<p>As far as I know, there is no constraint that we cannot use data from future bookings (within the provided datasets) in our models. Or did I miss something?</p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">I'm afraid it reduces the practical value of our models, because there are no data on future bookings in practice.</span></p>",
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    {
      "id": "32365",
      "postDate": "10/16/2013 15:04:11",
      "content": "<p>Yes, can use future bookings; and yes, your models should be revisited before deploying them online.</p>",
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      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 32365,
      "author_name": "adamwoz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/16/2013 15:04:11",
      "content": "<p>Yes, can use future bookings; and yes, your models should be revisited before deploying them online.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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