About This Hackathon

<p>The so-called paradoxes of an author, to which a reader takes exception, often exist not in the author's book at all, but rather in the reader's head. - Friedrich Nietzsche.</p><p><br>Books are open doors to the unimagined worlds which is unique to every person. It is more than just a hobby for many. There are many among us who prefer to spend more time with books than anything else. Here we explore a big database of books. Books of different genres, from thousands of authors.&nbsp;</p><p>In this challenge, participants are required to use the dataset to build a machine-learning model to predict the price of books based on a given set of features.</p><p>&nbsp;<br>Size of training set: 6237 records&nbsp;</p><p><br>Size of test set: 1560 records&nbsp;</p><p><br>FEATURES:&nbsp;<br>Title: The title of the book Author:&nbsp;<br>The author(s) of the book. Edition:&nbsp;<br>The edition of the book eg (Paperback,– Import, 26 Apr 2018)&nbsp;<br>Reviews: The customer reviews about the book&nbsp;<br>Ratings: The customer ratings of the book Synopsis: The synopsis of the book&nbsp;<br>Genre: The genre of the book belongs to Book<br>Category: The department the book is usually available at.&nbsp;<br>Price: The price of the book (Target variable)</p>

Key Information

• Category: Hackathon
• Difficulty Level: Beginner
• Status: Expired
• Start Date: 2019-09-27T00:00:00Z
• End Date: 2025-11-03T00:00:00Z
• Current Participants: 5887

Prizes and Awards

Knowledge

Rules and Guidelines

<p>One account per participant. Submissions from multiple accounts will lead to disqualification The submission limit for the hackathon is 10 per day after which the submission will not be evaluated All registered users are eligible to participate in the hackathon We ask that you respect the spirit of the competition and do not cheat</p>

Evaluation Criteria

<p>1 - np.sqrt(np.square(np.log10(y_pred +1) - np.log10(y_true +1)).mean())</p>

Quick Summary

Predict The Price Of Books is a beginner level hackathon currently expired. It has 5887 participants. Prizes include: Knowledge. The event runs from 2019-09-27T00:00:00Z to 2025-11-03T00:00:00Z.Registration is free and open to all skill levels.