Feature Engineering

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is the process of using domain knowledge to extract, transform, and select raw data into formats that improve the performance of a model. It involves techniques such as , , , and to help like , , or better identify patterns. Effective engineering often involves , creating , and performing to reduce and enhance . While traditional relies heavily on manual feature construction, modern architectures developed by companies like and aim to automate this via , though manual intervention remains critical in structured data tasks and pipelines.

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