As I understand no external data is allowed, correct?
I believe so on the competition info page it says
"You may use only the datasets provided for this competition. Automated machine learning tools such as automl are not permitted."
Did you find a useful dataset outside of the competition?
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I believe so on the competition info page it says
"You may use only the datasets provided for this competition. Automated machine learning tools such as automl are not permitted."
Did you find a useful dataset outside of the competition?