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Final Review

Review Nº 06

What Drives Data Center Location in Europe? A Multi-Factor Classification Analysis
AuthorsBeyond Data
29/30
Score
Solid classification-oriented submission with careful preprocessing, feature selection, model comparison, and reasonable validation, though the report needs clearer presentation and stronger evidence for interpretive claims.
Data Centres · Final Review

The Pros

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Clear extension from prior U.S. work; train/test split before imputation; correlation filtering and VIF checks are described; evaluates Logistic Regression, SVM, and Random Forest across full, top-feature, and PCA representations; final test AUC around 0.777 is reasonable; limitations are thoughtful, especially binary target and cross-sectional design.

The Cons

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The report is visually and structurally messy, with figure numbering problems and some missing/unclear captions; the feature-importance section mixes logistic coefficients, permutation importance, and SVM evidence without enough detail; final model selection changes from cross-validated all-features RF to top-features RF on test performance; source documentation and variable definitions are buried in appendices.
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