{
  "id": 22178,
  "title": "Question",
  "url": "/competitions/grupo-bimbo-inventory-demand/discussion/22178",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-07-12T00:22:06.460Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 1,
  "views": 318,
  "content": "<p>Dear Kagglers,\nI have a basic question. If demand is equal to Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima  why do we even need Venta_hoy and Dev_proxima? \nThank you,\nKiran</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "126722",
      "postDate": "07/12/2016 00:22:06",
      "content": "<p>Dear Kagglers,\nI have a basic question. If demand is equal to Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima  why do we even need Venta_hoy and Dev_proxima? \nThank you,\nKiran</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Dear Kagglers,\r\nI have a basic question. If demand is equal to Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima  why do we even need Venta_hoy and Dev_proxima? \r\nThank you,\r\nKiran",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "126723",
      "postDate": "07/12/2016 00:34:21",
      "content": "<p>Demand_uni_equil = max(0, Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima), i.e. Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima can result in values of less than 0, but the minimum for Demand_uni_equil is 0. Some people might want to model Sales (Venta) and Returns (Dev) separately and then combine them together for a prediction.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Demand_uni_equil = max(0, Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima), i.e. Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima can result in values of less than 0, but the minimum for Demand_uni_equil is 0. Some people might want to model Sales (Venta) and Returns (Dev) separately and then combine them together for a prediction.",
      "votes": null
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  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 126723,
      "author_name": "brandenkmurray",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/12/2016 00:34:21",
      "content": "<p>Demand_uni_equil = max(0, Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima), i.e. Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima can result in values of less than 0, but the minimum for Demand_uni_equil is 0. Some people might want to model Sales (Venta) and Returns (Dev) separately and then combine them together for a prediction.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "126722": "Dear Kagglers,\r\nI have a basic question. If demand is equal to Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima  why do we even need Venta_hoy and Dev_proxima? \r\nThank you,\r\nKiran",
    "126723": "Demand_uni_equil = max(0, Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima), i.e. Venta_uni_hoy - Dev_uni_proxima can result in values of less than 0, but the minimum for Demand_uni_equil is 0. Some people might want to model Sales (Venta) and Returns (Dev) separately and then combine them together for a prediction."
  },
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