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Algorithm-Driven Hedonic Real Estate Pricing – An Explainable AI Approach

Real Estate Management and Valuation
Volume 33 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)
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|Nov 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/remav-2025-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5289
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Language: English
Page range: 22 - 34
Submitted on: May 22, 2024
Accepted on: Nov 21, 2024
Published on: Nov 27, 2024
Published by: Real Estate Management and Valuation
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
residential real estate,
machine learning,
explainable artificial intelligence,
mass appraisal,
automated valuation models
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other

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