RESEARCH & METHODOLOGY
The Science Behind a Mutuka Valuation
Every price Mutuka Automotive quotes is backed by a Random Forest model trained on 201 real South African market vehicles. Read the full technical report or walk through the project presentation below.
Technical Report
The full written study: data preparation, feature engineering, Random Forest modelling, brand adjustment, performance evaluation (R² ≈ 0.87, MAE ≈ R34k) and the four-band decision framework.
Presentation
The panel deck: a visual tour of the dataset, model performance, brand-adjustment results and the business case for automated, explainable used-vehicle pricing.
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