i'm going to use neural network to predict land value. i have determine the 57 variables that may affect the land value. All variables are the distance to some central business district, the distance to some school, the distance to some hospital, and the distance to the main road. How can i choose the most significant variables for the neural network input for the land value as the target.
I have been experimenting with inserting one by one variable as the neural network input to the land value as the target by using a the neural network fitting function toolbox, but none of the variables give R square higher than 50%.
So anyone can tell me what method can i use to select the most significant variables?
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