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TAHMO Incoming Solar Radiation Prediction Challenge

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External datasets vs. train.csv only — how helpful are they?
13 May 2026, 21:23 · 3

Hi everyone, I’m curious about how much external datasets are actually helping in this competition. Has anyone managed to achieve a strong score using only the data provided in train.csv? Or are external sources proving essential for competitive results?

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Koleshjr
Multimedia university of kenya

I havent tried external datasets yet, but with only the train csv , I have hit a ceiling at 0.31 plb score. I dont know what the 0.4xx and 0.5xx people are doing

14 May 2026, 08:58
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Pak-Austria Fachhochschule Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology

did you achieve this with ensemble learning or with pretrained models ?

Indirect answer, but I made a post on the datasets I used, hope it helps.

15 May 2026, 06:52
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