{
  "id": 22847,
  "title": "One question about what we need to predict.",
  "url": "/competitions/grupo-bimbo-inventory-demand/discussion/22847",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-08-13T21:39:40.767Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 469,
  "content": "<p>On the competition homepage, it says  <em>In this competition, you will forecast the demand of a product for a given week, at a particular store</em>  Could someone explain what the <em>particular store</em> means here? </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "131159",
      "postDate": "08/13/2016 21:39:40",
      "content": "<p>On the competition homepage, it says  <em>In this competition, you will forecast the demand of a product for a given week, at a particular store</em>  Could someone explain what the <em>particular store</em> means here? </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "On the competition homepage, it says  *In this competition, you will forecast the demand of a product for a given week, at a particular store*  Could someone explain what the *particular store* means here?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "131231",
      "postDate": "08/14/2016 18:59:42",
      "content": "<p>It means that each store has its line in test data and though they can have the same products, predictions are separate.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It means that each store has its line in test data and though they can have the same products, predictions are separate.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "131368",
      "postDate": "08/16/2016 14:55:20",
      "content": "<p>Each line in Test corresponds to a Client (i.e., Store), Product, Week combination.  Week will either be 10 or 11.  Train only contains demand information for Weeks 3 through 9, thus the need to predict either Week 10 or Week 11, as asked in each line in Test.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Each line in Test corresponds to a Client (i.e., Store), Product, Week combination.  Week will either be 10 or 11.  Train only contains demand information for Weeks 3 through 9, thus the need to predict either Week 10 or Week 11, as asked in each line in Test.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 131231,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/14/2016 18:59:42",
      "content": "<p>It means that each store has its line in test data and though they can have the same products, predictions are separate.</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 131368,
      "author_name": "crimeprophet",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/16/2016 14:55:20",
      "content": "<p>Each line in Test corresponds to a Client (i.e., Store), Product, Week combination.  Week will either be 10 or 11.  Train only contains demand information for Weeks 3 through 9, thus the need to predict either Week 10 or Week 11, as asked in each line in Test.</p>",
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    }
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    "131159": "On the competition homepage, it says  *In this competition, you will forecast the demand of a product for a given week, at a particular store*  Could someone explain what the *particular store* means here?",
    "131231": "It means that each store has its line in test data and though they can have the same products, predictions are separate.",
    "131368": "Each line in Test corresponds to a Client (i.e., Store), Product, Week combination.  Week will either be 10 or 11.  Train only contains demand information for Weeks 3 through 9, thus the need to predict either Week 10 or Week 11, as asked in each line in Test."
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}