RT Journal Article T1 Award Price Estimator for Public Procurement Auctions Using Machine Learning Algorithms: Case Study with Tenders from Spain A1 Rodriguez, Manuel J.Garcia A1 Montequin, Vicente Rodriguez A1 Aranguren Ubierna, Andoni A1 Hermida, Roberto Santana A1 Araujo, Basilio Sierra A1 Jauregi, Ana Zelaia AB The public procurement process plays an important role in the efficient use of public resources. In this context, the evaluation of machine learning techniques that are able to predict the award price is a relevant research topic. In this paper, the suitability of a representative set of machine learning algorithms is evaluated for this problem. The traditional regression methods, such as linear regression and random forest, are compared with the less investigated paradigms, such as isotonic regression and popular artificial neural network models. Extensive experiments are conducted based on the Spanish public procurement announcements (tenders) dataset and employ diverse error metrics and implementations in WEKA and Tensorflow 2. SN 1220-1766 YR 2021 FD 2021 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3303 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3303 LA eng NO Rodriguez , M J G , Montequin , V R , Aranguren Ubierna , A , Hermida , R S , Araujo , B S & Jauregi , A Z 2021 , ' Award Price Estimator for Public Procurement Auctions Using Machine Learning Algorithms : Case Study with Tenders from Spain ' , Studies in Informatics and Control , vol. 30 , no. 4 , pp. 67-76 . https://doi.org/10.24846/V30I4Y202106 NO Publisher Copyright: © 2021. All Rights Reserved. DS TECNALIA Publications RD 28 jul 2024