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      "content": "# Files\n\n*   **train.csv** - the training set\n*   **test-full.csv** - the test set\n*   **full_submission.csv** - a sample submission file in the correct format\n\n# Data\n\nPredicting forest cover type from cartographic variables only\n\t(no remotely sensed data).  The actual forest cover type for\n\ta given observation (30 x 30 meter cell) was determined from\n\tUS Forest Service (USFS) Region 2 Resource Information System \n\t(RIS) data.  Independent variables were derived from data\n\toriginally obtained from US Geological Survey (USGS) and\n\tUSFS data.  Data is in raw form (not scaled) and contains\n\tbinary (0 or 1) columns of data for qualitative independent\n\tvariables (wilderness areas and soil types).\n\nThis study area includes four wilderness areas located in the\n\tRoosevelt National Forest of northern Colorado.  These areas\n\trepresent forests with minimal human-caused disturbances,\n\tso that existing forest cover types are more a result of \n\tecological processes rather than forest management practices.\n\nSome background information for these four wilderness areas:  \n\tNeota (area 2) probably has the highest mean elevational value of \n\tthe 4 wilderness areas. Rawah (area 1) and Comanche Peak (area 3) \n\twould have a lower mean elevational value, while Cache la Poudre \n\t(area 4) would have the lowest mean elevational value. \n\nAs for primary major tree species in these areas, Neota would have \n\tspruce/fir (type 1), while Rawah and Comanche Peak would probably\n\thave lodgepole pine (type 2) as their primary species, followed by \n\tspruce/fir and aspen (type 5). Cache la Poudre would tend to have \n\tPonderosa pine (type 3), Douglas-fir (type 6), and \n\tcottonwood/willow (type 4).  \n\nThe Rawah and Comanche Peak areas would tend to be more typical of \n\tthe overall dataset than either the Neota or Cache la Poudre, due \n\tto their assortment of tree species and range of predictive \n\tvariable values (elevation, etc.)  Cache la Poudre would probably \n\tbe more unique than the others, due to its relatively low \n\televation range and species composition. \n\n\nAttribute information:\n\nGiven is the attribute name, attribute type, the measurement unit and\na brief description.  The forest cover type is the classification \nproblem.  The order of this listing corresponds to the order of \nnumerals along the rows of the database.\n\n\n- *Elevation*,   quantitative  (meters):  Elevation in meters\n- *Aspect*,  quantitative (azimuth): Aspect in degrees azimuth\n- *Slope*,  quantitative   (degrees): Slope in degrees\n-  *Horizontal_Distance_To_Hydrology* ,  quantitative  (meters): Horz Dist to nearest surface water features\n-  *Vertical_Distance_To_Hydrology* ,          quantitative    (meters):  Vert Dist to nearest surface water features\n- *Horizontal_Distance_To_Roadways* ,   quantitative    (meters ):          Horz Dist to nearest roadway\n- *Hillshade_9am* ,   quantitative    (0 to 255 index): Hillshade index at 9am, summer solstice\n- *Hillshade_Noon*,   quantitative   (0 to 255 index):   Hillshade index at noon, summer soltice\n- *Hillshade_3pm*,   quantitative   (0 to 255 index): Hillshade index at 3pm, summer solstice\n- *Horizontal_Distance_To_Fire_Points*,   quantitative    (meters):   Horz Dist to nearest wildfire ignition points\n- *Wilderness_Area (4 binary columns)*,    qualitative  (0 (absence) or 1 (presence)):  Wilderness area designation\n- *Soil_Type (40 binary columns)*,   qualitative    ( 0 (absence) or 1 (presence)): Soil Type designation\n- *Cover_Type (7 types)*,    integer   (1 to 7): Forest Cover Type designation\n\n\nCode Designations:\n\nWilderness Areas:\n\n* 1 -- Rawah Wilderness Area\n* 2 -- Neota Wilderness Area\n* 3 -- Comanche Peak Wilderness Area\n* 4 -- Cache la Poudre Wilderness Area\n\nSoil Types:  1 to 40 : based on the USFS Ecological Landtype Units (ELUs) for this study area:\n\n- 1: ELU   2702,\tCathedral family - Rock outcrop complex, extremely stony.\n- 2: ELU 2703, Vanet - Ratake families complex, very stony.\n- 3: ELU 2704, Haploborolis - Rock outcrop complex, rubbly.\n- 4: ELU 2705, Ratake family - Rock outcrop complex, rubbly.\n- 5: ELU 2706, Vanet family - Rock outcrop complex complex, rubbly.\n- 6: ELU 2717, Vanet - Wetmore families - Rock outcrop complex, stony.\n- 7: ELU 3501,  Gothic family.\n- 8: ELU 3502, \tSupervisor - Limber families complex.\n- 9: ELU 4201,  Troutville family, very stony.\n- 10: ELU 4703, Bullwark - Catamount families - Rock outcrop complex, rubbly.\n- 11: ELU 4704, Bullwark - Catamount families - Rock land complex, rubbly.\n- 12: ELU 4744, Legault family - Rock land complex, stony.\n- 13: ELU 4758, Catamount family - Rock land - Bullwark family complex, rubbly.\n- 14: ELU 5101, Pachic Argiborolis - Aquolis complex.\n- 15: ELU 5151, unspecified in the USFS Soil and ELU Survey.\n- 16: ELU 6101, Cryaquolis - Cryoborolis complex.\n- 17: ELU 6102, Gateview family - Cryaquolis complex.\n- 18: ELU 6731, Rogert family, very stony.\n- 19: ELU 7101, Typic Cryaquolis - Borohemists complex.\n- 20: ELU 7102, Typic Cryaquepts - Typic Cryaquolls complex.\n- 21: ELU 7103, Typic Cryaquolls - Leighcan family, till substratum complex.\n- 22: ELU 7201, Leighcan family, till substratum, extremely bouldery.\n- 23: ELU 7202, Leighcan family, till substratum - Typic Cryaquolls complex.\n- 24: ELU 7700, Leighcan family, extremely stony.\n- 25: ELU 7701, Leighcan family, warm, extremely stony.\n- 26: ELU 7702, Granile - Catamount families complex, very stony.\n- 27: ELU 7709, Leighcan family, warm - Rock outcrop complex, extremely stony.\n- 28: ELU 7710, Leighcan family - Rock outcrop complex, extremely stony.\n- 29: ELU 7745, Como - Legault families complex, extremely stony.\n- 30: ELU 7746, Como family - Rock land - Legault family complex, extremely stony.\n- 31: ELU 7755, Leighcan - Catamount families complex, extremely stony.\n- 32: ELU 7756, Catamount family - Rock outcrop - Leighcan family complex, extremely stony.\n- 33: ELU 7757, Leighcan - Catamount families - Rock outcrop complex, extremely stony.\n- 34: ELU 7790, Cryorthents - Rock land complex, extremely stony.\n- 35: ELU 8703, Cryumbrepts - Rock outcrop - Cryaquepts complex.\n- 36: ELU 8707, Bross family - Rock land - Cryumbrepts complex, extremely stony.\n- 37: ELU 8708, Rock outcrop - Cryumbrepts - Cryorthents complex, extremely stony.\n- 38: ELU 8771, Leighcan - Moran families - Cryaquolls complex, extremely stony.\n- 39: ELU 8772, Moran family - Cryorthents - Leighcan family complex, extremely stony.\n- 40: ELU 8776, Moran family - Cryorthents - Rock land complex, extremely stony.\n\nNote: the ELU is comprised of four digits\n\n\nFirst digit:  climatic zone\n\n- 1:  lower montane dry \n- 2: lower montane\n- 3: montane dry \n- 4: montane\n- 5:  montane dry and montane\n- 6:  montane and subalpine\n- 7:   subalpine \n- 8:  alpine \n\nSecond digit:  geologic zones\n\n- 1:  alluvium\n- 2:  glacial\n- 3:  shale\n- 4:  sandstone\n- 5:  mixed sedimentary\n- 6:  unspecified in the USFS ELU Survey\n- 7: igneous and metamorphic\n- 8:  volcanic\n\n\nThe third and fourth ELU digits are unique to the mapping unit \n        and have no special meaning to the climatic or geologic zones.\n\nForest Cover Type Classes:\n\n* 1 - Spruce/Fir\n* 2 - Lodgepole Pine\n* 3 -  Ponderosa Pine\n* 4 - Cottonwood/Willow\n* 5 -  Aspen\n* 6 - Douglas-fir\n* 7 - Krummholz\n",
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      "content": "Rules for the challenge:\n\n - Don't cheat!\n - You have the right to use other's code as long as you mention it.\n - Have fun!",
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      "content": "Welcome to the Challenge.\n\nYour goal is again to predict the forest cover type (a categorical variable) from various information related to an area. The metric used to rank you is the accuracy on a private test set.\n\nGood luck !",
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