Linear-AS models

Linear models predict a continuous target based on linear relationships between the target and one or more predictors.

Linear models are relatively simple and give an easily interpreted mathematical formula for scoring. The properties of these models are well understood and can typically be built very quickly compared to other model types (such as neural networks or decision trees) on the same dataset.

Example. An insurance company with limited resources to investigate homeowners' insurance claims wants to build a model for estimating claims costs. By deploying this model to service centers, representatives can enter claim information while on the phone with a customer and immediately obtain the "expected" cost of the claim based on past data.

Field requirements. There must be a Target and at least one Input. By default, fields with predefined roles of Both or None are not used. The target must be continuous (scale). There are no measurement level restrictions on predictors (inputs); categorical (flag, nominal, and ordinal) fields are used as factors in the model and continuous fields are used as covariates.