Fig. 1 Baltic indices for dry bulk market
Fig. 2 World trade of iron ore and steam coal
Fig. 3 Causality map of capesize freight determinants
Fig. 4 Procedure of random forest
Fig. 5 The optimal number of predictors(LM)
Fig. 6 Variable importance of LM
Fig. 7 The optimal number of predictors(RF)
Fig. 8 Variable importance of RF
Fig. 9 Prediction results based on the optimal number of features
Table 1 Freight determinants proposed by Stopford(2009)
Table 2 Description of determinants
Table 3 Model performances
Table 4 Model performances
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