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Table 10 Average feature importance of the variables according to SHAP values

From: Predictive analytics using Big Data for the real estate market during the COVID-19 pandemic

Variable

Sell

Rent

May

June

July

August

May

June

July

August

Rooms

1.15580

0.49947

0.54986

0.55172

0.42647

0.35931

0.32831

0.46382

Sq_m_

1.60400

0.79154

0.77398

0.87373

0.44485

0.34983

0.21439

0.32318

Floor

0.52938

0.40655

0.37032

0.36983

0.17232

0.20210

0.20735

0.26256

Nr_Floors

0.65013

0.38285

0.46130

0.44349

0.18105

0.16328

0.35156

0.22225

TOM

2.47043

2.10286

1.98277

1.88522

1.24815

1.45630

1.16584

1.12961

Int_prices

2.28727

1.27575

1.30110

1.41305

1.26008

0.71070

0.62880

0.47666

Center

0.37411

0.30217

0.31365

0.37559

0.37768

0.41106

0.29141

0.31965

Year

1.54729

1.55409

1.48564

0.30344

0.29409

0.49686

Shop

0.76183

0.74752

0.94674

0.32995

0.38609

0.38636

School

0.74277

0.65204

0.65167

0.25219

0.31284

0.29746

Kinder

0.87993

0.75086

0.74460

0.28952

0.33553

0.37077

Furnish

0.20347

0.15533

0.16374

Heating

0.72057

0.66822

0.47049

0.40635

0.28597

0.47998

Built_type

1.13302

1.00620

0.57337

0.47470

  1. Bold values indicate the most dominant variable in predicting price change