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Using target values
Help · 24 May 2021, 19:02 · 2

Is it permitable to explicitly use target values (for example, as a feature) for infering?

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Hi Dro, I am not entirely sure what you mean here but I think so long as you are using the data provided in the dataset then anything goes and creativity and exploration is encouraged.

My concern with this approach though is 1: what are you using the target to predict? Because the task is to predict this value and then 2: How do you cope with the test set when you are not given the target values.

Good luck with trying your approach and hope this helps

24 May 2021, 20:46
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For example, I can use the previous (or next) target value provided by train as a prediction. In real life most of such models will be useless