This repository has a multiple linear regression model to predict the demand for shared bikes with the available independent variables. The model will be a good way for management to understand the demand dynamics of a new market. 

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Dataset characteristics
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day.csv have the following fields:
	
	- instant: record index
	- dteday : date
	- season : season (1:spring, 2:summer, 3:fall, 4:winter)
	- yr : year (0: 2018, 1:2019)
	- mnth : month ( 1 to 12)
	- holiday : weather day is a holiday or not (extracted from http://dchr.dc.gov/page/holiday-schedule)
	- weekday : day of the week
	- workingday : if day is neither weekend nor holiday is 1, otherwise is 0.
	+ weathersit : 
		- 1: Clear, Few clouds, Partly cloudy, Partly cloudy
		- 2: Mist + Cloudy, Mist + Broken clouds, Mist + Few clouds, Mist
		- 3: Light Snow, Light Rain + Thunderstorm + Scattered clouds, Light Rain + Scattered clouds
		- 4: Heavy Rain + Ice Pallets + Thunderstorm + Mist, Snow + Fog
	- temp : temperature in Celsius
	- atemp: feeling temperature in Celsius
	- hum: humidity
	- windspeed: wind speed
	- casual: count of casual users
	- registered: count of registered users
	- cnt: count of total rental bikes including both casual and registered
	
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License
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Use of this dataset in publications must be cited to the following publication:

[1] Fanaee-T, Hadi, and Gama, Joao, "Event labeling combining ensemble detectors and background knowledge", Progress in Artificial Intelligence (2013): pp. 1-15, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, doi:10.1007/s13748-013-0040-3.

@article{
	year={2013},
	issn={2192-6352},
	journal={Progress in Artificial Intelligence},
	doi={10.1007/s13748-013-0040-3},
	title={Event labeling combining ensemble detectors and background knowledge},
	url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13748-013-0040-3},
	publisher={Springer Berlin Heidelberg},
	keywords={Event labeling; Event detection; Ensemble learning; Background knowledge},
	author={Fanaee-T, Hadi and Gama, Joao},
	pages={1-15}
}

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Contact
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For further information about this dataset please contact Hadi Fanaee-T ([email protected])