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The document outlines an assignment aimed at comparing the performance of three regression algorithms—Support Vector Regression, Decision Tree, and Random Forest—using the Boston Housing dataset to predict median home values. It details the tasks involved, including data loading, dataset splitting, model implementation, and performance evaluation using metrics like MSE and R2. The final report should include an introduction, algorithm descriptions, performance discussions, and a comparison of the algorithms' strengths and weaknesses.

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The document outlines an assignment aimed at comparing the performance of three regression algorithms—Support Vector Regression, Decision Tree, and Random Forest—using the Boston Housing dataset to predict median home values. It details the tasks involved, including data loading, dataset splitting, model implementation, and performance evaluation using metrics like MSE and R2. The final report should include an introduction, algorithm descriptions, performance discussions, and a comparison of the algorithms' strengths and weaknesses.

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Performance Evaluation of Three Regression Algorithms for Housing Price Prediction

Objective: The objective of this assignment is to compare the performance of three popular
machine learning algorithms for regression tasks: Support Vector Regression (SVR), Decision
Tree, and Random Forest to determine the medium value (MEDV) of a Boston home based on
one or more of the other independent variables.
Dataset: The dataset for this assignment is the Boston Housing dataset, which is a popular
dataset used in machine learning for regression tasks. The dataset contains information about
different properties of houses in Boston, such as the number of rooms, crime rate, and distance
from employment centers, and the target variable is the median value of owner-occupied homes
in thousands of dollars.
Tasks:
Load the Boston Housing dataset.
Split the dataset into a training set and a testing set using a 70/30 split. The training set will be
used to train the models, and the testing set will be used to evaluate their performance.
Implement three different machine learning algorithms for regression tasks: SVR, Decision Tree,
and Random Forest.
Evaluate the performance
Deliverables:
All students should submit a report that includes the following:
A brief introduction to the Boston Housing dataset and the problem statement (What are you
trying to accomplish? Look at the objective)
A description of the machine learning algorithms used in the assignment (SVR, Decision Tree,
and Random Forest) and their implementation.
A discussion of the performance of each algorithm on the testing set, including the MSE and R2
metrics.
A comparison of the performance of the three algorithms and insights into which algorithm
performed the best and why.
A discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of each algorithm and their potential use cases.

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