- Published on April 22, 2019
- In Deep Tech
A Complete Guide to Cracking The Predicting Restaurant Food Cost Hackathon By MachineHack
- By Amal Nair
We all love food. And it is only normal to have a craving for one of your favourite foods from a special restaurant that we all love to have at least once in a month. However, there is a strong factor that will make us reconsider going back to that special restaurant — cost.
Machinehack’s Predicting Restaurant Food Cost Hackathon lets all Data Science enthusiasts to play with data collected from various sources, which includes the price information of thousands of restaurants across India. The contestants will predict the cost of a meal for different restaurants across the country based on various features.
About the Data Set
The hackathon is about predicting the average price for a meal. The data consists of the following features.
Size of training set: 12,690 records
Size of
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Amal Nair
A Computer Science Engineer turned Data Scientist who is passionate about AI and all related technologies.
Contact: amal.nair@analyticsindiamag.com
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