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+Created by Amy Kim, Ellis Cho, and Sue Yoo
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+# Montesinho_Forestfire
+Linear Regression Models on Montesinho Forest Fire 
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+## Dataset 
+Dataset of Forest Fires retrieved from: 
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+https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Forest+Fires?fbclid=IwAR3orFV-2u76MfAF1FbWfm-qtsCsP2OffZatnRAHgfaScgGRR2ET3vchWNQ
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+## Goals 
+Linear Regression Models Used : 
+1) AIC (Akaike Information Criterion) with Backward-step variabel selection 
+2) LASSO 
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+Model Comparison through RMSE values from K-fold Cross validation (10-fold cross validation) 
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+Predicting log(y+1)-transformed forest fire areas by wildfires (given that area burnt is not 0)