README.md

Created by Amy Kim, Ellis Cho, and Sue Yoo

Montesinho_Forestfire

Linear Regression Models on Montesinho Forest Fire

Dataset

Dataset of Forest Fires retrieved from:

https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Forest+Fires?fbclid=IwAR3orFV-2u76MfAF1FbWfm-qtsCsP2OffZatnRAHgfaScgGRR2ET3vchWNQ

Goals

Linear Regression Models Used :

1. AIC (Akaike Information Criterion) with Backward-step variabel selection
2. LASSO

Model Comparison through RMSE values from K-fold Cross validation (10-fold cross validation)

Predicting log(y+1)-transformed forest fire areas by wildfires (given that area burnt is not 0)