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title: Prototype-based Models for Real Estate Valuation: A Machine Learning Model That Explains Prices
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4695079/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4695079
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4695079
featured: 2024-01-17
citations: 0
topic: ML & AI Methods
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# Prototype-based Models for Real Estate Valuation: A Machine Learning Model That Explains Prices

The article introduces a novel real estate valuation model that uses prototype-based learning, a method that compares properties to similar ones, unlike traditional machine learning methods.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4695079
- Identifier: SSRN 4695079
- Released: 2023-12-22
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 33 (2024-01-17): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-01-17/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 0
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: ML & AI Methods

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