{
  "id": 603275,
  "title": "How to normalize unbounded data?",
  "url": "/competitions/ariel-data-challenge-2025/discussion/603275",
  "author_name": "Ian van de Poll",
  "post_date": "2025-09-01T13:08:31.480000",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 1,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I have never worked with scientific data, so far, mostly with RGB data or bounded environments. I was wondering what a good strategy is for normalizing the data. I couldn't find a sensor range in the Ariel redbook or am i wrong? Or should i keep the data unnormalized</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 3279806,
      "postDate": "2025-09-01T13:08:31.480Z",
      "content": "<p>I have never worked with scientific data, so far, mostly with RGB data or bounded environments. I was wondering what a good strategy is for normalizing the data. I couldn't find a sensor range in the Ariel redbook or am i wrong? Or should i keep the data unnormalized</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I have never worked with scientific data, so far, mostly with RGB data or bounded environments. I was wondering what a good strategy is for normalizing the data. I couldn't find a sensor range in the Ariel redbook or am i wrong? Or should i keep the data unnormalized",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 3279809,
      "postDate": "2025-09-01T13:20:12.563Z",
      "content": "<p>The raw data is counts, so it is bounded.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The raw data is counts, so it is bounded."
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3279809,
      "author_name": "DennisSakva",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2025-09-01T13:20:12.563000",
      "content": "<p>The raw data is counts, so it is bounded.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "3279806": "I have never worked with scientific data, so far, mostly with RGB data or bounded environments. I was wondering what a good strategy is for normalizing the data. I couldn't find a sensor range in the Ariel redbook or am i wrong? Or should i keep the data unnormalized",
    "3279809": "The raw data is counts, so it is bounded."
  }
}