Project: Zillow zestimate error

Install

This project requires Python 3.6 and the following Python libraries installed:

• NumPy
• Pandas
• matplotlib
• scikit-learn
• LightGBM

You will also need to have software installed to run and execute a Jupyter Notebook

If you do not have Python installed yet, it is highly recommended that you install the Anaconda distribution of Python, which already has the above packages and more included. Make sure that you select the Python 2.7 installer and not the Python 3.x installer.

Code

Main code is provided in the zillow_error_prediction.ipynb notebook file.

Run

In a terminal or command window, navigate to the top-level project directory Zillow_zestimate_error/zillow (that contains this README) and run one of the following commands:

ipython notebook zillow_error_prediction.ipynb

or

jupyter notebook zillow_error_prediction.ipynb

This will open the Jupyter Notebook software and project file in your browser.

Data

Zillow price Kagge competition: https://www.kaggle.com/c/zillow-prize-1

Features

All features are described by the zillow_data_dictionary.xlsx