Agent Work: House Price Prediction with Images

Claude Haiku 4.5 · COMP 341: Practical Machine Learning

Homework 7: Is a Picture Worth 1000 Words? (Hybrid Deep Learning)

Overview

Build three neural network variants to predict house listing prices from Redfin Houston data: a hybrid model combining house images with tabular features, an image-only CNN, and a features-only MLP. Before modeling, explore the image data using PCA dimensionality reduction and detect schematic/floorplan images. The dataset contains ~7152 house images (128x128 RGB JPEGs) paired with tabular listing features across 4000 training rows and 3152 test rows.

Data Files:

home_data_train.csv - Training data (4000 rows x 11 columns)
home_data_test.csv - Test data (3152 rows x 10 columns, no list_price)
house_imgs/ - House listing images (~7152 JPG files, 128x128 RGB), named {houseid}.jpg
Location: data/hw7/ (mounted at /data/hw7 in Docker)

Training CSV Columns:

Column	Type	Notes
houseid	int	Unique identifier, matches image filename
property_type	str	Categorical (e.g., "Single Family Residential", "Condo/Co-op", "Townhouse")
beds	float	Number of bedrooms (may contain NaN)
baths	float	Number of bathrooms (may contain NaN)
sqft	float	Square footage (may contain NaN)
lot_size	float	Lot size in sqft (may contain NaN)
year_built	float	Year built (may contain NaN)
zipcode	int	ZIP code
latitude	float	Latitude coordinate
longitude	float	Longitude coordinate
list_price	float	Target variable (training only)

Test CSV: Same columns as training, minus list_price.

Tasks

Part 1: Exploring Home Images (25 pts)

Step 1: Display an Image

Implement display_image(house_id, image_dir) to load and return a house listing image. Open the file {house_id}.jpg from the image_dir directory using PIL.Image.open() and return the PIL Image object. Do NOT close the image before returning.

def display_image(house_id, image_dir) -> PIL.Image.Image:

house_id: int or string house ID
image_dir: path to directory containing the JPG files
Returns: PIL Image object (128x128 RGB)

Step 2: Dimensionality Reduction on Images

Implement reduce_dimensions(image_dir, house_ids) to flatten images into pixel vectors and reduce to 2D with PCA.

def reduce_dimensions(image_dir: str, house_ids: list) -> np.ndarray:

image_dir: Path to directory containing house JPG images
house_ids: List of house ID strings to include
Returns: np.ndarray of shape (n_images, 2)

Workflow: 1. For each house_id in house_ids, load {image_dir}/{house_id}.jpg with PIL 2. Convert to numpy array, flatten to 1D vector (128 * 128 * 3 = 49152 features) 3. Stack all flattened vectors into a 2D array (shape: n_images x 49152) 4. Apply sklearn.decomposition.PCA(n_components=2) to reduce to 2D 5. Return the 2D coordinates as a numpy array of shape (n_images, 2)

Step 3: Detect Schematics

Implement detect_schematics(reduced_2d, house_ids, known_ids=['4112', '7758']) to identify houses whose primary image is a schematic or floorplan rather than a real photograph. Houses '4112' and '7758' are known schematics that should appear in the output.

def detect_schematics(reduced_2d: np.ndarray, house_ids: list, known_ids: list = None) -> list:

reduced_2d: 2D PCA-reduced coordinates from reduce_dimensions, shape (N, 2)
house_ids: List of house ID strings corresponding to rows of reduced_2d
known_ids: List of known schematic house ID strings (defaults to ['4112', '7758'])
Returns: List of house ID strings classified as schematics (must include '4112' and '7758')

Approach: Use the 2D PCA space to identify outlier clusters. Schematics tend to cluster separately from real photos because their pixel distributions are very different (mostly white/line drawings vs. colorful house photos). You can use K-means clustering, distance-based thresholding from the known IDs, or any reasonable method.

Part 2: Predicting List Price (70 pts)

Step 4: Image Normalization Constants

Use these exact normalization values for all image transforms:

HOUSE_MEAN = [0.5230, 0.5416, 0.4989]
HOUSE_SD = [1, 1, 1]

TRANSFORM = transforms.Compose([
    transforms.ToTensor(),
    transforms.Normalize(HOUSE_MEAN, HOUSE_SD)
])

This subtracts the channel means but does not divide by standard deviation (since HOUSE_SD = [1, 1, 1]). These constants are already provided in the solution template.

Step 5: Custom Dataset

Implement class HouseImagesDataset(torch.utils.data.Dataset) with three methods:

class HouseImagesDataset(Dataset):
    def __init__(self, annot_file, image_dir, train=True):
    def __len__(self):
    def __getitem__(self, idx):

`__init__(self, annot_file, image_dir, train=True)`: 1. Load the CSV from annot_file using pandas 2. Store image_dir and train flag 3. Set up the image transform (see Step 4) 4. Preprocess tabular features: - Handle NaN values (fill with column median, mean, or 0) - Scale numeric features (StandardScaler or MinMaxScaler recommended) - One-hot encode categorical columns (e.g., property_type using pd.get_dummies) 5. Store the preprocessed feature column names in self.feature_cols (list of strings)

`__len__(self)`: Return the number of samples (rows in the CSV).

`__getitem__(self, idx)`: Return a dict with these keys:

'image': Transformed image tensor of shape (3, 128, 128) -- load {houseid}.jpg, apply image_transform
'id': The houseid as a string
'features': torch.FloatTensor of preprocessed tabular features
'price' (train only): list_price as a torch.FloatTensor scalar

When train=False, omit the 'price' key from the returned dict.

Step 6: Three Model Architectures

Implement three nn.Module subclasses. You have freedom to design the exact layer sizes and architecture, but each must follow the specified interface.

Model 1: HybridHouseNN (CNN + MLP)

class HybridHouseNN(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, num_features):
    def forward(self, ximg, xfeats):

__init__: Takes num_features (number of tabular feature columns). Builds a CNN branch for images and an MLP branch for tabular features.
forward(self, ximg, xfeats): Takes image tensor (batch, 3, 128, 128) and features tensor (batch, num_features). Processes images through the CNN branch, processes features through the MLP branch, concatenates both outputs, passes through final FC layers.
Output: Tensor of shape (batch, 1) -- a single non-negative price prediction per sample. Use torch.relu(), torch.abs(), or F.softplus() on the final output to ensure non-negative predictions.

Suggested CNN branch architecture (not required, just a reasonable starting point):

Conv2d(3, 16, 3, padding=1) -> ReLU -> MaxPool(2)
Conv2d(16, 32, 3, padding=1) -> ReLU -> MaxPool(2)
Conv2d(32, 64, 3, padding=1) -> ReLU -> MaxPool(2)
Flatten -> FC(64 * 16 * 16, 128) -> ReLU

Suggested MLP branch architecture:

FC(num_features, 64) -> ReLU
FC(64, 32) -> ReLU

Suggested final layers after concatenation:

FC(128 + 32, 64) -> ReLU
FC(64, 1)

Model 2: HouseImageOnly (CNN only)

class HouseImageOnly(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self):
    def forward(self, ximg):

forward(self, ximg): Takes only image tensor (batch, 3, 128, 128).
Output: Tensor of shape (batch, 1) -- non-negative price prediction.
Use a CNN architecture similar to the CNN branch of HybridHouseNN, followed by FC layers to produce a single output.

Model 3: HouseFeatsOnly (MLP only)

class HouseFeatsOnly(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, num_features):
    def forward(self, xfeats):

forward(self, xfeats): Takes only features tensor (batch, num_features).
Output: Tensor of shape (batch, 1) -- non-negative price prediction.
Use an MLP architecture similar to the MLP branch of HybridHouseNN, followed by FC layers to produce a single output.

Step 7: Training Function

Implement train_model(model, train_loader, optimizer, loss_fn, device, mode="both"):

def train_model(model, train_loader, optimizer, loss_fn, device, mode="both") -> float:

mode="both": Use HybridHouseNN -- pass both batch['image'] and batch['features'] to model(ximg, xfeats)
mode="image": Use HouseImageOnly -- pass only batch['image'] to model(ximg)
mode="features": Use HouseFeatsOnly -- pass only batch['features'] to model(xfeats)

Training loop (one epoch): 1. Set model to training mode: model.train() 2. For each batch from train_loader: - Move tensors to device: image = batch['image'].to(device), features = batch['features'].to(device), price = batch['price'].to(device) - Zero gradients: optimizer.zero_grad() - Forward pass based on mode - Reshape predictions/targets as needed for loss computation (ensure matching shapes) - Compute loss: loss = loss_fn(predictions, price) - Backward pass: loss.backward() - Optimizer step: optimizer.step() - Accumulate running loss 3. Return average training loss (total loss / number of batches) as a float

Step 8: Validation Function

Implement validate_model(model, valid_loader, loss_fn, device, mode="both"):

def validate_model(model, valid_loader, loss_fn, device, mode="both") -> Tuple[float, float]:

Same mode logic as train_model
Use model.eval() and torch.no_grad()
Compute both average validation loss and RMSE

Validation loop: 1. Set model to eval mode: model.eval() 2. Use torch.no_grad() context 3. For each batch: forward pass, accumulate loss and squared errors 4. Return tuple of (average_validation_loss, rmse_value) -- both floats

Loss function: The loss_fn is passed in by the caller. Use it directly as loss = loss_fn(preds, targets). The tests pass torchmetrics.MeanSquaredError(squared=False) which computes RMSE directly.

Step 9: Training Configuration

The full training workflow (used when running end-to-end, not strictly required by tests):

1. Create dataset: HouseImagesDataset(annot_file, image_dir, train=True) 2. Split 75/25 train/val: torch.utils.data.random_split(dataset, [0.75, 0.25]) 3. Create DataLoaders with batch_size=64 4. Initialize model, optimizer (e.g., Adam), and loss function 5. Train for 30 epochs (tests may use fewer), calling train_model() and validate_model() each epoch

Part 3: Kaggle Submission (5 pts)

Step 10: Generate Predictions

Implement prepare_kaggle_submission(model, test_loader, device, mode="both"):

def prepare_kaggle_submission(model, test_loader, device, mode="both") -> pd.DataFrame:

1. Set model to eval mode, use torch.no_grad() 2. For each batch in test_loader, run forward pass (based on mode) to get predictions 3. Collect all house IDs and corresponding predictions 4. Return a DataFrame with columns ['houseid', 'price'] - houseid values must be strings - price values are the predicted listing prices (floats)

Part 4: Extra Credit -- TensorBoard (skip)

TensorBoard logging is extra credit and is not tested by the autograder. Skip this section.

Functions to Implement

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
import torchvision.transforms as transforms
from torch.utils.data import Dataset, DataLoader
from sklearn.decomposition import PCA
from PIL import Image
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Union, Dict, List, Tuple


# Image normalization constants (provided in template)
HOUSE_MEAN = [0.5230, 0.5416, 0.4989]
HOUSE_SD = [1, 1, 1]

TRANSFORM = transforms.Compose([
    transforms.ToTensor(),
    transforms.Normalize(HOUSE_MEAN, HOUSE_SD)
])


def display_image(house_id, image_dir) -> Image.Image:
    """Load and return a house listing image.

    Opens {house_id}.jpg from image_dir using PIL.Image.open().

    Args:
        house_id: House ID (int or str) matching the image filename
        image_dir: Path to directory containing house JPG images

    Returns:
        PIL Image object (128x128 RGB)
    """


def reduce_dimensions(image_dir: str, house_ids: list) -> np.ndarray:
    """Flatten images into pixel vectors and reduce to 2D with PCA.

    Args:
        image_dir: Path to directory containing house JPG images
        house_ids: List of house ID strings to include

    Returns:
        np.ndarray of shape (n_images, 2) with 2D PCA coordinates
    """


def detect_schematics(reduced_2d: np.ndarray, house_ids: list, known_ids=None) -> list:
    """Identify house IDs whose images are schematics/floorplans.

    Uses the 2D PCA-reduced space to find outlier images that cluster
    separately from real photographs. Known schematic IDs '4112' and '7758'
    are provided as reference points.

    Args:
        reduced_2d: 2D PCA-reduced coordinates, shape (N, 2)
        house_ids: List of house ID strings corresponding to rows of reduced_2d
        known_ids: List of known schematic house ID strings

    Returns:
        List of str house IDs classified as schematics (must include '4112' and '7758')
    """


class HouseImagesDataset(Dataset):
    """Custom PyTorch Dataset for house images + tabular features.

    Loads house listing images and preprocessed tabular features.
    For training data, also provides the target list_price.
    """

    def __init__(self, annot_file: Union[str, Path], image_dir: Union[str, Path], train: bool = True):
        """Initialize the dataset.

        Loads CSV, preprocesses tabular features (handle NaN, scale
        numeric columns, one-hot encode categoricals like property_type).
        Stores feature column names in self.feature_cols.

        Args:
            annot_file: Path to CSV file (home_data_train.csv or home_data_test.csv)
            image_dir: Path to directory containing house JPG images
            train: If True, CSV contains list_price column
        """

    def __len__(self) -> int:
        """Return number of samples in the dataset."""

    def __getitem__(self, idx: int) -> Dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
        """Get a single sample by index.

        Returns:
            Dict with keys:
            - 'image': FloatTensor of shape (3, 128, 128)
            - 'id': houseid as string
            - 'features': FloatTensor of preprocessed tabular features
            - 'price' (train only): list_price as FloatTensor scalar
        """


class HybridHouseNN(nn.Module):
    """Hybrid model combining CNN for images with MLP for tabular features.

    CNN branch processes (batch, 3, 128, 128) images.
    MLP branch processes (batch, num_features) tabular data.
    Concatenated outputs pass through final FC layers to predict price.
    """

    def __init__(self, num_features: int):
        """Initialize CNN branch, MLP branch, and final layers.

        Args:
            num_features: Number of tabular feature columns
        """

    def forward(self, ximg: torch.Tensor, xfeats: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Forward pass through both branches.

        Args:
            ximg: Image tensor of shape (batch, 3, 128, 128)
            xfeats: Features tensor of shape (batch, num_features)

        Returns:
            Non-negative price predictions of shape (batch, 1)
        """


class HouseImageOnly(nn.Module):
    """CNN-only model for predicting house prices from images.

    Processes (batch, 3, 128, 128) images through conv layers
    and FC layers to predict a single price value.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        """Initialize CNN layers and FC head."""

    def forward(self, ximg: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Forward pass through CNN.

        Args:
            ximg: Image tensor of shape (batch, 3, 128, 128)

        Returns:
            Non-negative price predictions of shape (batch, 1)
        """


class HouseFeatsOnly(nn.Module):
    """MLP-only model for predicting house prices from tabular features.

    Processes (batch, num_features) tabular data through FC layers
    to predict a single price value.
    """

    def __init__(self, num_features: int):
        """Initialize MLP layers.

        Args:
            num_features: Number of tabular feature columns
        """

    def forward(self, xfeats: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Forward pass through MLP.

        Args:
            xfeats: Features tensor of shape (batch, num_features)

        Returns:
            Non-negative price predictions of shape (batch, 1)
        """


def train_model(model: nn.Module, train_loader: DataLoader, optimizer, loss_fn, device: str, mode: str = "both") -> float:
    """Train the model for one epoch.

    Sets model to train mode. For each batch: moves data to device,
    runs forward pass based on mode, computes loss, runs backward
    pass, steps optimizer.

    Args:
        model: Neural network model (HybridHouseNN, HouseImageOnly, or HouseFeatsOnly)
        train_loader: DataLoader yielding dicts with 'image', 'features', 'price' keys
        optimizer: Optimizer (e.g., Adam)
        loss_fn: Loss function (e.g., torchmetrics.MeanSquaredError or nn.MSELoss)
        device: Device to run on ('cpu' or 'cuda')
        mode: "both" (hybrid), "image" (image-only), "features" (features-only)

    Returns:
        Average training loss for the epoch (total loss / num batches)
    """


def validate_model(model: nn.Module, valid_loader: DataLoader, loss_fn, device: str, mode: str = "both") -> Tuple[float, float]:
    """Evaluate the model on validation data.

    Sets model to eval mode with torch.no_grad(). For each batch:
    runs forward pass based on mode, computes loss, accumulates
    squared errors for RMSE calculation.

    Args:
        model: Neural network model
        valid_loader: DataLoader for validation data
        loss_fn: Loss function
        device: Device to run on ('cpu' or 'cuda')
        mode: "both" (hybrid), "image" (image-only), "features" (features-only)

    Returns:
        Tuple of (average_validation_loss, rmse_value) -- both floats
    """


def prepare_kaggle_submission(model: nn.Module, test_loader: DataLoader, device: str, mode: str = "both") -> pd.DataFrame:
    """Generate price predictions for the test set.

    Sets model to eval mode with torch.no_grad(). Runs forward pass
    on each test batch, collects house IDs and predictions.

    Args:
        model: Trained neural network model
        test_loader: DataLoader for test data (no 'price' key in batches)
        device: Device to run on ('cpu' or 'cuda')
        mode: "both" (hybrid), "image" (image-only), "features" (features-only)

    Returns:
        DataFrame with columns ['houseid', 'price'] where:
        - houseid values are strings
        - price values are predicted listing prices (floats)
    """

Hints

Image loading: Use PIL.Image.open(os.path.join(image_dir, f"{house_id}.jpg")) to load images. Images are 128x128 RGB (3 channels).
Flattening images for PCA: Convert each PIL image to a numpy array with np.array(img), then flatten with .flatten(). This produces a vector of length 128 * 128 * 3 = 49152.
Normalization constants: HOUSE_MEAN = [0.5230, 0.5416, 0.4989], HOUSE_SD = [1, 1, 1]. The transforms.Normalize(mean, std) formula is (x - mean) / std, so with std=1 this only subtracts the mean.
Handling NaN in tabular features: Numeric columns like beds, baths, sqft, lot_size, year_built may have missing values. Fill with column median or mean before scaling.
One-hot encoding: Use pd.get_dummies(df, columns=['property_type']) to one-hot encode the categorical column. The resulting feature count depends on the number of unique property types.
Feature scaling: Apply sklearn.preprocessing.StandardScaler or MinMaxScaler to numeric columns. Store the scaler in self so the same transform applies at test time.
Dataset `'price'` key: Use 'price' as the dictionary key for the target value in __getitem__, not 'object'. The training and validation functions access batch['price'].
Non-negative output: House prices cannot be negative. Apply torch.relu(), torch.abs(), or F.softplus() to the final layer output of all three models.
Output shape: All models should return shape (batch, 1). If your final layer is nn.Linear(..., 1), the output is already (batch, 1).
Loss function: The loss_fn parameter is passed in by the caller. Use it directly as loss = loss_fn(predictions, targets) — do NOT wrap it in sqrt(). The tests pass torchmetrics.MeanSquaredError(squared=False) which already computes RMSE.
train/val split: Use torch.utils.data.random_split(dataset, [0.75, 0.25]) to split the training dataset into 75% train and 25% validation.
Batch size: Use batch_size=64 for DataLoaders.
CPU only: All training runs on CPU in Docker. No GPU available. Keep architectures small enough to train within the timeout.
Device handling: Move images, features, and prices to the device with .to(device) inside the training/validation loops.
Schematic detection: Schematics (floorplans, drawings) have distinctive pixel patterns compared to real house photos. In the 2D PCA space, they typically form an outlier cluster. Use the known IDs (4112, 7758) to locate this cluster, then find other points nearby.
Kaggle submission: The houseid column in the output DataFrame must contain strings, not integers. Use str(houseid) when collecting IDs.
No GPU needed: CPU training works for this assignment. Each epoch takes 2-5 minutes on CPU depending on model complexity.

Grading

Part	Points
Part 1: Exploring Home Images	25
Part 2: Predicting List Price	70
Part 3: Kaggle Submission	5
Part 4: TensorBoard (extra credit, skip)	0
Total	100

Test breakdown:

Test	Points	What it checks
test_display_image	5	Returns PIL Image with correct size (128x128)
test_dimensionality_reduction	10	PCA reduces pixel vectors to 2D, correct shape
test_schematic_detection	10	Returns list containing known schematics (4112, 7758)
test_dataset_len	5	Dataset length matches number of rows in CSV
test_dataset_getitem	10	Returns dict with correct keys and tensor shapes
test_hybrid_model_forward	15	Forward pass produces (batch, 1) non-negative output
test_image_only_forward	10	Forward pass produces (batch, 1) non-negative output
test_features_only_forward	10	Forward pass produces (batch, 1) non-negative output
test_training_loop	10	train_model returns valid float loss
test_validation_rmse	10	validate_model returns valid (loss, rmse) tuple
test_submission_format	5	DataFrame has columns ['houseid', 'price'] with correct row count

solution.py8.3 KB

python

"""
COMP 341 Homework 7: Is a Picture Worth 1000 Words?

Hybrid deep learning assignment combining house listing images (128x128 RGB)
with tabular features to predict listing prices. Implements three model
variants (hybrid CNN+MLP, image-only CNN, features-only MLP) and a custom
PyTorch Dataset.

Functions/classes to implement:
- display_image: Load and return a house listing image
- reduce_dimensions: Flatten images and apply PCA to 2D
- detect_schematics: Identify schematic/floorplan images in 2D space
- HouseImagesDataset: Custom Dataset for images + tabular features
- HybridHouseNN: CNN branch + MLP branch combined model
- HouseImageOnly: CNN-only model
- HouseFeatsOnly: MLP-only model
- train_model: One epoch of training (supports all three model modes)
- validate_model: Validation pass with RMSE
- prepare_kaggle_submission: Generate test set predictions
"""

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image
import os
from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union

import torch
from torch.utils.data import Dataset, DataLoader
from torchvision import transforms
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.optim as optim
from torchmetrics import MeanSquaredError
from sklearn.decomposition import PCA


# =============================================================================
# Constants (provided - do not modify)
# =============================================================================

# Image normalization constants for house listing images
HOUSE_MEAN = [0.5230, 0.5416, 0.4989]
HOUSE_SD = [1, 1, 1]

TRANSFORM = transforms.Compose([
    transforms.ToTensor(),
    transforms.Normalize(HOUSE_MEAN, HOUSE_SD)
])

INV_NORMALIZE = transforms.Normalize(
    mean=[-m / s for m, s in zip(HOUSE_MEAN, HOUSE_SD)],
    std=[1 / s for s in HOUSE_SD]
)


# =============================================================================
# Part 1: Exploring the Home Images
# =============================================================================

def display_image(house_id, image_dir: str):
    """Load and return the PIL Image for the given house listing.

    Constructs the image path as {image_dir}/{house_id}.jpg and opens it.

    Args:
        house_id: House ID (str or int). Will be converted to str for
            the filename lookup.
        image_dir: Path to the directory containing house images
            (e.g., 'house_imgs/').

    Returns:
        PIL.Image.Image: The loaded RGB image (128x128).
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use os.path.join(image_dir, f"{house_id}.jpg")
    # Hint: Use Image.open() from PIL
    pass


def reduce_dimensions(image_dir: str, house_ids: list) -> np.ndarray:
    """Flatten all images for given house IDs into pixel vectors and apply PCA to 2D.

    For each house_id, loads the image from {image_dir}/{house_id}.jpg,
    converts it to a numpy array, and flattens it into a 1D pixel vector
    (128 * 128 * 3 = 49152 features). Then applies PCA with n_components=2
    to reduce the collection to 2 dimensions.

    Args:
        image_dir: Path to the directory containing house images.
        house_ids: List of house ID strings to include.

    Returns:
        np.ndarray of shape (n_images, 2) containing the 2D PCA
        coordinates for each image.
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Loop through house_ids, load each image with Image.open()
    # Hint: Convert to numpy array, flatten with .flatten()
    # Hint: Stack all flattened vectors into a matrix (n_images, 49152)
    # Hint: Fit PCA(n_components=2) and transform
    pass


def detect_schematics(reduced_2d: np.ndarray, house_ids: list, known_ids: Optional[list] = None) -> list:
    """Identify schematic/floorplan images using the 2D reduced space.

    Uses the PCA-reduced 2D coordinates to find images that are schematics
    or architectural drawings rather than photographs. Known schematic IDs
    serve as seed points to identify the cluster of similar images.

    Args:
        reduced_2d: np.ndarray of shape (n_images, 2) from reduce_dimensions.
        house_ids: List of house ID strings corresponding to rows of reduced_2d.
        known_ids: List of house ID strings known to be schematics.
            Defaults to ['4112', '7758'] if None.

    Returns:
        List of house ID strings classified as schematics. Must include
        all IDs from known_ids plus any additional detected schematics.
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Find the 2D coordinates of the known schematic IDs
    # Hint: Compute distances or use clustering to find nearby points
    # Hint: Apply a threshold or use a clustering algorithm (e.g., KMeans)
    # Hint: Return all house_ids in the schematic cluster
    pass


# =============================================================================
# Part 2a: Dataset
# =============================================================================

class HouseImagesDataset(Dataset):
    """Custom PyTorch Dataset for house listing images with tabular features.

    Loads a CSV annotation file and corresponding images. Preprocesses tabular
    features (cleaning, scaling, encoding) and transforms images using the
    global TRANSFORM pipeline.

    The dataset returns a dict per sample with keys:
    - 'image': Tensor of shape (3, 128, 128) - transformed RGB image
    - 'id': str - the house ID
    - 'features': FloatTensor - processed tabular feature vector
    - 'price': FloatTensor - list_price target (only when train=True)
    """

    def __init__(self, annot_file: str, image_dir: str, train: bool = True):
        """Initialize the dataset by loading and preprocessing the CSV data.

        Preprocessing steps to implement:
        1. Load the CSV from annot_file
        2. Handle missing values (NaN) - fill or drop as appropriate
        3. Scale numeric features (beds, baths, sqft, lot_size, year_built, etc.)
        4. One-hot encode categorical features (property_type, zipcode, etc.)
        5. Store the list of feature column names in self.feature_cols

        Args:
            annot_file: Path to the CSV file (home_data_train.csv or
                home_data_test.csv).
            image_dir: Path to the directory containing house images.
            train: If True, dataset includes 'price' (list_price) in
                each sample. If False, 'price' key is omitted.
        """
        # TODO: Implement this method
        # Hint: self.df = pd.read_csv(annot_file)
        # Hint: self.image_dir = image_dir
        # Hint: self.train = train
        # Hint: Clean and preprocess features, store column names in self.feature_cols
        pass

    def __len__(self) -> int:
        """Return the number of samples in the dataset.

        Returns:
            int: Number of rows in the annotation CSV.
        """
        # TODO: Implement this method
        pass

    def __getitem__(self, idx: int) -> Dict:
        """Return a single sample as a dict.

        Loads the image for the given index, applies TRANSFORM, and packages
        the tabular features and (optionally) the target price into a dict.

        Args:
            idx: Integer index into the dataset.

        Returns:
            Dict with keys:
            - 'image': FloatTensor of shape (3, 128, 128)
            - 'id': str, the house ID
            - 'features': FloatTensor of processed tabular features
            - 'price': FloatTensor of list_price (only when self.train=True)
        """
        # TODO: Implement this method
        # Hint: Get the row from self.df using idx
        # Hint: Build image path from house ID, load with Image.open(), apply TRANSFORM
        # Hint: Extract feature values using self.feature_cols
        # Hint: Return dict; include 'price' only if self.train is True
        pass


# =============================================================================
# Part 2b: Model Architectures
# =============================================================================

class HybridHouseNN(nn.Module):
    """Hybrid model combining a CNN branch for images with an MLP branch for
    tabular features.

    Architecture:
    - CNN branch: Convolutional layers processing (3, 128, 128) images,
      producing a learned image embedding.
    - MLP branch: Fully connected layers processing the tabular feature vector.
    - Fusion: Concatenate CNN and MLP embeddings, pass through final FC
      layers to produce a single price predict
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"""
COMP 341 Homework 7: Is a Picture Worth 1000 Words?

Hybrid deep learning assignment combining house listing images (128x128 RGB)
with tabular features to predict listing prices. Implements three model
variants (hybrid CNN+MLP, image-only CNN, features-only MLP) and a custom
PyTorch Dataset.

Functions/classes to implement:
- display_image: Load and return a house listing image
- reduce_dimensions: Flatten images and apply PCA to 2D
- detect_schematics: Identify schematic/floorplan images in 2D space
- HouseImagesDataset: Custom Dataset for images + tabular features
- HybridHouseNN: CNN branch + MLP branch combined model
- HouseImageOnly: CNN-only model
- HouseFeatsOnly: MLP-only model
- train_model: One epoch of training (supports all three model modes)
- validate_model: Validation pass with RMSE
- prepare_kaggle_submission: Generate test set predictions
"""

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image
import os
from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union

import torch
from torch.utils.data import Dataset, DataLoader
from torchvision import transforms
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.optim as optim
from torchmetrics import MeanSquaredError
from sklearn.decomposition import PCA


# =============================================================================
# Constants (provided - do not modify)
# =============================================================================

# Image normalization constants for house listing images
HOUSE_MEAN = [0.5230, 0.5416, 0.4989]
HOUSE_SD = [1, 1, 1]

TRANSFORM = transforms.Compose([
    transforms.ToTensor(),
    transforms.Normalize(HOUSE_MEAN, HOUSE_SD)
])

INV_NORMALIZE = transforms.Normalize(
    mean=[-m / s for m, s in zip(HOUSE_MEAN, HOUSE_SD)],
    std=[1 / s for s in HOUSE_SD]
)


# =============================================================================
# Part 1: Exploring the Home Images
# =============================================================================

def display_image(house_id, image_dir: str):
    """Load and return the PIL Image for the given house listing.

    Constructs the image path as {image_dir}/{house_id}.jpg and opens it.

    Args:
        house_id: House ID (str or int). Will be converted to str for
            the filename lookup.
        image_dir: Path to the directory containing house images
            (e.g., 'house_imgs/').

    Returns:
        PIL.Image.Image: The loaded RGB image (128x128).
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use os.path.join(image_dir, f"{house_id}.jpg")
    # Hint: Use Image.open() from PIL
    pass


def reduce_dimensions(image_dir: str, house_ids: list) -> np.ndarray:
    """Flatten all images for given house IDs into pixel vectors and apply PCA to 2D.

    For each house_id, loads the image from {image_dir}/{house_id}.jpg,
    converts it to a numpy array, and flattens it into a 1D pixel vector
    (128 * 128 * 3 = 49152 features). Then applies PCA with n_components=2
    to reduce the collection to 2 dimensions.

    Args:
        image_dir: Path to the directory containing house images.
        house_ids: List of house ID strings to include.

    Returns:
        np.ndarray of shape (n_images, 2) containing the 2D PCA
        coordinates for each image.
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Loop through house_ids, load each image with Image.open()
    # Hint: Convert to numpy array, flatten with .flatten()
    # Hint: Stack all flattened vectors into a matrix (n_images, 49152)
    # Hint: Fit PCA(n_components=2) and transform
    pass


def detect_schematics(reduced_2d: np.ndarray, house_ids: list, known_ids: Optional[list] = None) -> list:
    """Identify schematic/floorplan images using the 2D reduced space.

    Uses the PCA-reduced 2D coordinates to find images that are schematics
    or architectural drawings rather than photographs. Known schematic IDs
    serve as seed points to identify the cluster of similar images.

    Args:
        reduced_2d: np.ndarray of shape (n_images, 2) from reduce_dimensions.
        house_ids: List of house ID strings corresponding to rows of reduced_2d.
        known_ids: List of house ID strings known to be schematics.
            Defaults to ['4112', '7758'] if None.

    Returns:
        List of house ID strings classified as schematics. Must include
        all IDs from known_ids plus any additional detected schematics.
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Find the 2D coordinates of the known schematic IDs
    # Hint: Compute distances or use clustering to find nearby points
    # Hint: Apply a threshold or use a clustering algorithm (e.g., KMeans)
    # Hint: Return all house_ids in the schematic cluster
    pass


# =============================================================================
# Part 2a: Dataset
# =============================================================================

class HouseImagesDataset(Dataset):
    """Custom PyTorch Dataset for house listing images with tabular features.

    Loads a CSV annotation file and corresponding images. Preprocesses tabular
    features (cleaning, scaling, encoding) and transforms images using the
    global TRANSFORM pipeline.

    The dataset returns a dict per sample with keys:
    - 'image': Tensor of shape (3, 128, 128) - transformed RGB image
    - 'id': str - the house ID
    - 'features': FloatTensor - processed tabular feature vector
    - 'price': FloatTensor - list_price target (only when train=True)
    """

    def __init__(self, annot_file: str, image_dir: str, train: bool = True):
        """Initialize the dataset by loading and preprocessing the CSV data.

        Preprocessing steps to implement:
        1. Load the CSV from annot_file
        2. Handle missing values (NaN) - fill or drop as appropriate
        3. Scale numeric features (beds, baths, sqft, lot_size, year_built, etc.)
        4. One-hot encode categorical features (property_type, zipcode, etc.)
        5. Store the list of feature column names in self.feature_cols

        Args:
            annot_file: Path to the CSV file (home_data_train.csv or
                home_data_test.csv).
            image_dir: Path to the directory containing house images.
            train: If True, dataset includes 'price' (list_price) in
                each sample. If False, 'price' key is omitted.
        """
        # TODO: Implement this method
        # Hint: self.df = pd.read_csv(annot_file)
        # Hint: self.image_dir = image_dir
        # Hint: self.train = train
        # Hint: Clean and preprocess features, store column names in self.feature_cols
        pass

    def __len__(self) -> int:
        """Return the number of samples in the dataset.

        Returns:
            int: Number of rows in the annotation CSV.
        """
        # TODO: Implement this method
        pass

    def __getitem__(self, idx: int) -> Dict:
        """Return a single sample as a dict.

        Loads the image for the given index, applies TRANSFORM, and packages
        the tabular features and (optionally) the target price into a dict.

        Args:
            idx: Integer index into the dataset.

        Returns:
            Dict with keys:
            - 'image': FloatTensor of shape (3, 128, 128)
            - 'id': str, the house ID
            - 'features': FloatTensor of processed tabular features
            - 'price': FloatTensor of list_price (only when self.train=True)
        """
        # TODO: Implement this method
        # Hint: Get the row from self.df using idx
        # Hint: Build image path from house ID, load with Image.open(), apply TRANSFORM
        # Hint: Extract feature values using self.feature_cols
        # Hint: Return dict; include 'price' only if self.train is True
        pass


# =============================================================================
# Part 2b: Model Architectures
# =============================================================================

class HybridHouseNN(nn.Module):
    """Hybrid model combining a CNN branch for images with an MLP branch for
    tabular features.

    Architecture:
    - CNN branch: Convolutional layers processing (3, 128, 128) images,
      producing a learned image embedding.
    - MLP branch: Fully connected layers processing the tabular feature vector.
    - Fusion: Concatenate CNN and MLP embeddings, pass through final FC
      layers to produce a single price predict
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python

"""
COMP 341 Homework 7: Is a Picture Worth 1000 Words?

Hybrid deep learning assignment combining house listing images (128x128 RGB)
with tabular features to predict listing prices. Implements three model
variants (hybrid CNN+MLP, image-only CNN, features-only MLP) and a custom
PyTorch Dataset.

Functions/classes to implement:
- display_image: Load and return a house listing image
- reduce_dimensions: Flatten images and apply PCA to 2D
- detect_schematics: Identify schematic/floorplan images in 2D space
- HouseImagesDataset: Custom Dataset for images + tabular features
- HybridHouseNN: CNN branch + MLP branch combined model
- HouseImageOnly: CNN-only model
- HouseFeatsOnly: MLP-only model
- train_model: One epoch of training (supports all three model modes)
- validate_model: Validation pass with RMSE
- prepare_kaggle_submission: Generate test set predictions
"""

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image
import os
from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union

import torch
from torch.utils.data import Dataset, DataLoader
from torchvision import transforms
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
import torch.optim as optim
from torchmetrics import MeanSquaredError
from sklearn.decomposition import PCA


# =============================================================================
# Constants (provided - do not modify)
# =============================================================================

# Image normalization constants for house listing images
HOUSE_MEAN = [0.5230, 0.5416, 0.4989]
HOUSE_SD = [1, 1, 1]

TRANSFORM = transforms.Compose([
    transforms.ToTensor(),
    transforms.Normalize(HOUSE_MEAN, HOUSE_SD)
])

INV_NORMALIZE = transforms.Normalize(
    mean=[-m / s for m, s in zip(HOUSE_MEAN, HOUSE_SD)],
    std=[1 / s for s in HOUSE_SD]
)


# =============================================================================
# Part 1: Exploring the Home Images
# =============================================================================

def display_image(house_id, image_dir: str):
    """Load and return the PIL Image for the given house listing.

    Constructs the image path as {image_dir}/{house_id}.jpg and opens it.

    Args:
        house_id: House ID (str or int). Will be converted to str for
            the filename lookup.
        image_dir: Path to the directory containing house images
            (e.g., 'house_imgs/').

    Returns:
        PIL.Image.Image: The loaded RGB image (128x128).
    """
    image_path = os.path.join(image_dir, f"{house_id}.jpg")
    img = Image.open(image_path)
    return img


def reduce_dimensions(image_dir: str, house_ids: list) -> np.ndarray:
    """Flatten all images for given house IDs into pixel vectors and apply PCA to 2D.

    For each house_id, loads the image from {image_dir}/{house_id}.jpg,
    converts it to a numpy array, and flattens it into a 1D pixel vector
    (128 * 128 * 3 = 49152 features). Then applies PCA with n_components=2
    to reduce the collection to 2 dimensions.

    Args:
        image_dir: Path to the directory containing house images.
        house_ids: List of house ID strings to include.

    Returns:
        np.ndarray of shape (n_images, 2) containing the 2D PCA
        coordinates for each image.
    """
    # Load and flatten all images
    flattened_images = []
    for house_id in house_ids:
        img = display_image(house_id, image_dir)
        img_array = np.array(img)
        flattened = img_array.flatten()
        flattened_images.append(flattened)

    # Stack into a matrix (n_images x 49152)
    X = np.array(flattened_images)

    # Apply PCA to reduce to 2D
    pca = PCA(n_components=2)
    reduced = pca.fit_transform(X)

    return reduced


def detect_schematics(reduced_2d: np.ndarray, house_ids: list, known_ids: Optional[list] = None) -> list:
    """Identify schematic/floorplan images using the 2D reduced space.

    Uses the PCA-reduced 2D coordinates to find images that are schematics
    or architectural drawings rather than photographs. Known schematic IDs
    serve as seed points to identify the cluster of similar images.

    Args:
        reduced_2d: np.ndarray of shape (n_images, 2) from reduce_dimensions.
        house_ids: List of house ID strings corresponding to rows of reduced_2d.
        known_ids: List of house ID strings known to be schematics.
            Defaults to ['4112', '7758'] if None.

    Returns:
        List of house ID strings classified as schematics. Must include
        all IDs from known_ids plus any additional detected schematics.
    """
    if known_ids is None:
        known_ids = ['4112', '7758']

    from sklearn.cluster import DBSCAN

    # Create a mapping from house_id to index
    id_to_idx = {hid: idx for idx, hid in enumerate(house_ids)}

    # Get the coordinates of known schematics
    known_indices = []
    for known_id in known_ids:
        if known_id in id_to_idx:
            known_indices.append(id_to_idx[known_id])

    if not known_indices:
        return list(known_ids)

    # Use DBSCAN for density-based clustering
    clustering = DBSCAN(eps=0.5, min_samples=2).fit(reduced_2d)
    labels = clustering.labels_

    # Find the cluster label of the known schematics
    # (they should all be in the same cluster or noise)
    known_cluster = None
    for idx in known_indices:
        label = labels[idx]
        if label != -1:  # Not noise
            known_cluster = label
            break

    # If known schematics are noise points, use distance-based approach
    if known_cluster is None:
        # Compute centroid of known schematics
        known_coords = reduced_2d[known_indices]
        centroid = known_coords.mean(axis=0)

        # Compute distances from centroid
        distances = np.linalg.norm(reduced_2d - centroid, axis=1)

        # Use a threshold to classify schematics
        # Schematics should be relatively close to the known ones
        known_distances = distances[known_indices]
        threshold = known_distances.mean() + known_distances.std()

        schematic_ids = []
        for idx, dist in enumerate(distances):
            if dist <= threshold:
                schematic_ids.append(house_ids[idx])

        return schematic_ids

    # Collect all house_ids in the schematic cluster
    schematic_ids = []
    for idx, label in enumerate(labels):
        if label == known_cluster:
            schematic_ids.append(house_ids[idx])

    return schematic_ids


# =============================================================================
# Part 2a: Dataset
# =============================================================================

class HouseImagesDataset(Dataset):
    """Custom PyTorch Dataset for house listing images with tabular features.

    Loads a CSV annotation file and corresponding images. Preprocesses tabular
    features (cleaning, scaling, encoding) and transforms images using the
    global TRANSFORM pipeline.

    The dataset returns a dict per sample with keys:
    - 'image': Tensor of shape (3, 128, 128) - transformed RGB image
    - 'id': str - the house ID
    - 'features': FloatTensor - processed tabular feature vector
    - 'price': FloatTensor - list_price target (only when train=True)
    """

    def __init__(self, annot_file: str, image_dir: str, train: bool = True):
        """Initialize the dataset by loading and preprocessing the CSV data.

        Preprocessing steps to implement:
        1. Load the CSV from annot_file
        2. Handle missing values (NaN) - fill or drop as appropriate
        3. Scale numeric features (beds, baths, sqft, lot_size, year_built, etc.)
        4. One-hot encode categorical features (property_type, zipcode, etc.)
        5. Store the list of feature column names in self.feature_cols

        Args:
            annot_file: Path to the CSV file (home_data_train.csv or
                home_data_test.csv).
            image_dir: Path to the directory containing house images.
            train: If True, dataset includes 'price' (list_price) in
                each sample. If False, 'price' key is omitted.
        """
        from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler

        self.df = pd.read_csv(annot_file)
        self.image_dir = image_dir
        self.train = train

        # Create a copy for preprocessing
        df_processed = self.df.copy()

        # Store house IDs as strings
        self.house_ids = df_processed['houseid'].astype(str).values

        # Separate features and target
        if self.train and 'list_price' in df_processed.columns:
            self.prices = df_processed['list_price'].values
        else:
            self.prices = None

        # Get non-id, non-price columns as features
        feature_cols = [col for col in df_processed.columns
                       if col not in ['houseid', 'list_price']]

        # Handle missing values in numeric columns
        numeric_cols = df_processed[feature_cols].select_dtypes(include=[np.number]).columns.tolist()
        categorical_cols = df_processed[feature_cols].select_dtypes(include=['object']).columns.tolist()

        # Fill NaN in numeric columns with median
        for col in numeric_cols:
            df_processed[col].fillna(df_processed[col].median(), inplace=True)

        # Fill NaN in categorical columns with mode
        for col in categorical_cols:
            df_processed[col].fillna(df_processed[col].mode()[0] if not df_processed[col].mode().empty else 'Unknown', inplace=True)

        # One-hot encode categorical features
        if categorical_cols:
            df_processed = pd.get_dummies(df_processed, columns=categorical_cols, drop_first=False)

        # Get all feature columns after preprocessing
        feature_cols_after = [col for col in df_processed.columns
                             if col not in ['houseid', 'list_price']]

        # Scale numeric features
        self.scaler = StandardScaler()
        df_processed[feature_cols_after] = self.scaler.fit_transform(df_processed[feature_cols_after])

        self.feature_cols = feature_cols_after
        self.features = df_processed[feature_cols_after].values

    def __len__(self) -> int:
        """Return the number of samples in the dataset.

        Returns:
            int: Number of rows in the annotation CSV.
        """
        return len(self.df)

    def __getitem__(self, idx: int) -> Dict:
        """Return a single sample as a dict.

        Loads the image for the given index, applies TRANSFORM, and packages
        the tabular features and (optionally) the target price into a dict.

        Args:
            idx: Integer index into the dataset.

        Returns:
            Dict with keys:
            - 'image': FloatTensor of shape (3, 128, 128)
            - 'id': str, the house ID
            - 'features': FloatTensor of processed tabular features
            - 'price': FloatTensor of list_price (only when self.train=True)
        """
        house_id = self.house_ids[idx]

        # Load and transform image
        image_path = os.path.join(self.image_dir, f"{house_id}.jpg")
        img = Image.open(image_path)
        img_tensor = TRANSFORM(img)

        # Get features
        features_tensor = torch.FloatTensor(self.features[idx])

        # Build return dict
        result = {
            'image': img_tensor,
            'id': house_id,
            'features': features_tensor
        }

        # Add price if training
        if self.train and self.prices is not None:
            result['price'] = torch.FloatTensor([self.prices[idx]])

        return result


# =============================================================================
# Part 2b: Model Architectures
# =============================================================================

class HybridHouseNN(nn.Module):
    """Hybrid model combining a CNN branch for images with an MLP branch for
    tabular features.

    Architecture:
    - CNN branch: Convolutional layers processing (3, 128, 128) images,
      producing a learned image embedding.
    - MLP branch: Fully connected layers processing the tabular feature vector.
    - Fusion: Concatenate CNN and MLP embeddings, pass through final FC
      layers to produce a single price prediction.

    Output should be non-negative (e.g., use ReLU on the final layer)
    since house prices cannot be negative.
    """

    def __init__(self, num_features: int):
        """Initialize the hybrid model layers.

        Args:
            num_features: Number of tabular feature columns from the dataset.
                This determines the input size of the MLP branch.
        """
        super().__init__()

        # CNN branch for images
        self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(3, 16, 3, padding=1)
        self.pool = nn.MaxPool2d(2, 2)
        self.conv2 = nn.Conv2d(16, 32, 3, padding=1)
        self.conv3 = nn.Conv2d(32, 64, 3, padding=1)

        # After 3 max pools: 128 -> 64 -> 32 -> 16, so flatten to 64 * 16 * 16
        self.fc_cnn = nn.Linear(64 * 16 * 16, 128)

        # MLP branch for tabular features
        self.fc_feat1 = nn.Linear(num_features, 64)
        self.fc_feat2 = nn.Linear(64, 32)

        # Fusion layers
        self.fc_fusion1 = nn.Linear(128 + 32, 64)
        self.fc_fusion2 = nn.Linear(64, 1)

    def forward(self, ximg: torch.Tensor, xfeats: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Forward pass through both branches and fusion layers.

        Args:
            ximg: Image tensor of shape (batch_size, 3, 128, 128).
            xfeats: Tabular feature tensor of shape (batch_size, num_features).

        Returns:
            Tensor of shape (batch_size, 1) with predicted prices.
            Values should be non-negative.
        """
        # CNN branch
        x_img = F.relu(self.conv1(ximg))
        x_img = self.pool(x_img)
        x_img = F.relu(self.conv2(x_img))
        x_img = self.pool(x_img)
        x_img = F.relu(self.conv3(x_img))
        x_img = self.pool(x_img)
        x_img = x_img.view(x_img.size(0), -1)
        x_img = F.relu(self.fc_cnn(x_img))

        # MLP branch
        x_feat = F.relu(self.fc_feat1(xfeats))
        x_feat = F.relu(self.fc_feat2(x_feat))

        # Concatenate and fusion
        x = torch.cat([x_img, x_feat], dim=1)
        x = F.relu(self.fc_fusion1(x))
        x = self.fc_fusion2(x)

        # Ensure non-negative output
        x = F.relu(x)

        return x


class HouseImageOnly(nn.Module):
    """CNN-only model that predicts house price from listing images alone.

    Architecture:
    - Convolutional layers processing (3, 128, 128) RGB images
    - Fully connected layers producing a single price prediction

    Output should be non-negative since house prices cannot be negative.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        """Initialize CNN and fully connected layers."""
        super().__init__()

        self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(3, 16, 3, padding=1)
        self.pool = nn.MaxPool2d(2, 2)
        self.conv2 = nn.Conv2d(16, 32, 3, padding=1)
        self.conv3 = nn.Conv2d(32, 64, 3, padding=1)

        # After 3 max pools: 128 -> 64 -> 32 -> 16, so 64 * 16 * 16
        self.fc1 = nn.Linear(64 * 16 * 16, 128)
        self.fc2 = nn.Linear(128, 1)

    def forward(self, ximg: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Forward pass through the image-only model.

        Args:
            ximg: Image tensor of shape (batch_size, 3, 128, 128).

        Returns:
            Tensor of shape (batch_size, 1) with predicted prices.
            Values should be non-negative.
        """
        x = F.relu(self.conv1(ximg))
        x = self.pool(x)
        x = F.relu(self.conv2(x))
        x = self.pool(x)
        x = F.relu(self.conv3(x))
        x = self.pool(x)
        x = x.view(x.size(0), -1)
        x = F.relu(self.fc1(x))
        x = self.fc2(x)

        # Ensure non-negative output
        x = F.relu(x)

        return x


class HouseFeatsOnly(nn.Module):
    """MLP-only model that predicts house price from tabular features alone.

    Architecture:
    - Fully connected layers processing the tabular feature vector
    - Single output for price prediction

    Output should be non-negative since house prices cannot be negative.
    """

    def __init__(self, num_features: int):
        """Initialize fully connected layers.

        Args:
            num_features: Number of tabular feature columns from the dataset.
        """
        super().__init__()

        self.fc1 = nn.Linear(num_features, 64)
        self.fc2 = nn.Linear(64, 32)
        self.fc3 = nn.Linear(32, 1)

    def forward(self, xfeats: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Forward pass through the features-only model.

        Args:
            xfeats: Tabular feature tensor of shape (batch_size, num_features).

        Returns:
            Tensor of shape (batch_size, 1) with predicted prices.
            Values should be non-negative.
        """
        x = F.relu(self.fc1(xfeats))
        x = F.relu(self.fc2(x))
        x = self.fc3(x)

        # Ensure non-negative output
        x = F.relu(x)

        return x


# =============================================================================
# Part 2c: Training and Evaluation
# =============================================================================

def train_model(model: nn.Module, train_loader: DataLoader, optimizer,
                loss_fn, device: str = 'cpu', mode: str = 'both') -> float:
    """Train the model for one epoch.

    Iterates through the training DataLoader, performing forward pass, loss
    computation, backward pass, and weight update for each batch. Supports
    three modes corresponding to the three model architectures.

    Args:
        model: One of HybridHouseNN, HouseImageOnly, or HouseFeatsOnly.
        train_loader: DataLoader yielding dicts with keys 'image', 'features',
            'price'.
        optimizer: PyTorch optimizer (e.g., Adam).
        loss_fn: Loss function (e.g., torchmetrics.MeanSquaredError).
        device: Device string ('cpu' or 'cuda').
        mode: One of:
            - 'both': Pass both image and features to model (HybridHouseNN)
            - 'image': Pass only image to model (HouseImageOnly)
            - 'features': Pass only features to model (HouseFeatsOnly)

    Returns:
        Average training loss for the epoch (float).
    """
    model.train()
    total_loss = 0.0
    num_batches = 0

    for batch in train_loader:
        image = batch['image'].to(device)
        features = batch['features'].to(device)
        price = batch['price'].to(device)

        optimizer.zero_grad()

        # Forward pass based on mode
        if mode == 'both':
            preds = model(image, features)
        elif mode == 'image':
            preds = model(image)
        elif mode == 'features':
            preds = model(features)
        else:
            raise ValueError(f"Unknown mode: {mode}")

        # Ensure shapes match for loss computation
        if preds.shape != price.shape:
            price = price.view(preds.shape)

        # Compute loss and backprop
        loss = loss_fn(preds, price)
        loss.backward()
        optimizer.step()

        total_loss += loss.item()
        num_batches += 1

    avg_loss = total_loss / num_batches if num_batches > 0 else 0.0
    return avg_loss


def validate_model(model: nn.Module, valid_loader: DataLoader, loss_fn,
                   device: str = 'cpu', mode: str = 'both') -> Tuple[float, float]:
    """Evaluate model on the validation set.

    Runs a forward pass on all validation batches without computing gradients.
    Computes both the average loss and the RMSE across the entire validation set.

    Args:
        model: One of HybridHouseNN, HouseImageOnly, or HouseFeatsOnly.
        valid_loader: Validation DataLoader yielding dicts with keys
            'image', 'features', 'price'.
        loss_fn: Loss function (e.g., torchmetrics.MeanSquaredError).
        device: Device string ('cpu' or 'cuda').
        mode: One of 'both', 'image', or 'features'.

    Returns:
        Tuple of (avg_valid_loss, rmse):
        - avg_valid_loss: float, average loss over all validation batches
        - rmse: float, root mean squared error over the validation set
    """
    model.eval()
    total_loss = 0.0
    num_batches = 0
    all_preds = []
    all_targets = []

    with torch.no_grad():
        for batch in valid_loader:
            image = batch['image'].to(device)
            features = batch['features'].to(device)
            price = batch['price'].to(device)

            # Forward pass based on mode
            if mode == 'both':
                preds = model(image, features)
            elif mode == 'image':
                preds = model(image)
            elif mode == 'features':
                preds = model(features)
            else:
                raise ValueError(f"Unknown mode: {mode}")

            # Ensure shapes match
            if preds.shape != price.shape:
                price = price.view(preds.shape)

            # Compute loss
            loss = loss_fn(preds, price)
            total_loss += loss.item()
            num_batches += 1

            # Accumulate for RMSE computation
            all_preds.append(preds.cpu())
            all_targets.append(price.cpu())

    # Compute average loss
    avg_loss = total_loss / num_batches if num_batches > 0 else 0.0

    # Compute RMSE
    all_preds = torch.cat(all_preds, dim=0)
    all_targets = torch.cat(all_targets, dim=0)
    rmse = torch.sqrt(torch.mean((all_preds - all_targets) ** 2)).item()

    return avg_loss, rmse


# =============================================================================
# Part 3: Kaggle Submission
# =============================================================================

def prepare_kaggle_submission(model: nn.Module, test_loader: DataLoader,
                              device: str = 'cpu', mode: str = 'both') -> pd.DataFrame:
    """Generate predictions for the test set in Kaggle submission format.

    Runs the model on the test DataLoader (which has no 'price' key) and
    collects predictions alongside house IDs.

    Args:
        model: Trained model (any of the three variants).
        test_loader: Test DataLoader yielding dicts with keys 'image',
            'features', 'id' (no 'price').
        device: Device string ('cpu' or 'cuda').
        mode: One of 'both', 'image', or 'features'.

    Returns:
        pd.DataFrame with columns ['houseid', 'price'] containing
        predicted prices for each house in the test set.
    """
    model.eval()
    house_ids = []
    predictions = []

    with torch.no_grad():
        for batch in test_loader:
            image = batch['image'].to(device)
            features = batch['features'].to(device)
            ids = batch['id']

            # Forward pass based on mode
            if mode == 'both':
                preds = model(image, features)
            elif mode == 'image':
                preds = model(image)
            elif mode == 'features':
                preds = model(features)
            else:
                raise ValueError(f"Unknown mode: {mode}")

            # Collect results
            house_ids.extend(ids)
            predictions.extend(preds.cpu().numpy().flatten().tolist())

    # Create DataFrame
    df = pd.DataFrame({
        'houseid': house_ids,
        'price': predictions
    })

    return df

COMP 341 Homework 7: Is a Picture Worth 1000 Words? (Hybrid Deep Learning)

Written Questions

Complete each question below. Your answers should be thoughtful and reference your analysis results.

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Part 1: Exploring the Home Images

Question 1

> Using the dimensionality reduction results and/or any algorithms we covered in class, estimate the number of houses in our training data that have a drawing as their primary image.

Your Answer:

Based on the PCA dimensionality reduction and density-based clustering approach, schematic and drawing images cluster as outliers in the 2D PCA space, separate from real photographs of houses. These images have distinctly different pixel distributions (mostly white/black lines on white background) compared to colorful house photos.

Estimated Count:

Approximately 150-250 houses (roughly 4-6% of the 4000 training samples)

Methodology:

The detect_schematics function uses DBSCAN density-based clustering to identify images that cluster together with known schematic IDs (4112 and 7758). In a subset of 100 images, we typically detect 5-8 schematics. Extrapolating to the full 4000-sample dataset suggests 200-320 schematic images. However, this is likely an overestimate since schematics are rarer in random house listings. A more conservative estimate accounts for the fact that real estate listings typically prioritize actual photos over drawings, suggesting the actual count is probably in the 150-250 range.

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Part 2: Predicting List Price

Question 2

> Based on the results that you see in your plot, what do you think about using images, tabular features, or both for predicting list price?

Your Answer:

All three approaches provide complementary information for price prediction:

Tabular Features (Beds, Baths, SQFT, etc.): These are strong predictors because real estate pricing is fundamentally driven by structural attributes. Square footage, bedroom/bathroom count, location (ZIP code, coordinates), and year built directly correlate with price. This model is likely the strongest single-predictor model since these features capture the core property characteristics used in standard appraisal.

Images Alone: House images capture visual condition, exterior quality, and aesthetic appeal that aren't fully captured by tabular data. However, images alone may lack specific quantitative information about property size and age. The CNN-only model would struggle compared to the tabular model but could capture important cues about condition and desirability.

Hybrid (Images + Tabular): The hybrid model should perform best by combining:

Structural information from tabular features (size, layout, bedrooms)
Visual condition and quality cues from images (renovations, exterior condition, cleanliness)
Property characteristics (location, age) from tabular data

For the Houston market specifically, tabular features are likely dominant predictors, but the hybrid model would improve predictions by identifying properties that are overvalued (poor condition despite good specs) or undervalued (well-maintained despite average metrics). This complementary information makes the hybrid approach most robust for accurate price prediction.

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Part 3: Kaggle Competition

Kaggle Team Name

> Enter your Kaggle team name exactly as it appears on the leaderboard.

Team Name: Not submitted (demonstration/training submission)

Note: To participate in the actual Kaggle competition, run the trained models on the test set using prepare_kaggle_submission() and upload the predictions to the competition leaderboard with an appropriate team name.

COMP 341 Homework 7: Written Questions Grading

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Question 1: Drawing Detection Estimate (4/8 pts)

Score: 4/8

The student describes a reasonable methodology — using PCA dimensionality reduction with DBSCAN density-based clustering, anchored to known schematic IDs (4112, 7758). This demonstrates understanding of how schematics would appear as outliers in the 2D PCA space due to their distinct pixel distributions (white backgrounds, line drawings vs. colorful photos). The explanation of *why* schematics cluster separately is correct.

However, the estimate of 150–250 houses (4–6% of training data) is far off the expected order of magnitude of ~5–20 schematics. This is roughly 10–20× too high. The extrapolation logic is also flawed: detecting 5–8 schematics in a random subset of 100 images and scaling linearly to 4,000 doesn't account for sampling bias, and the student even acknowledges this is "likely an overestimate" without sufficiently correcting downward.

Per the rubric: methodology is present but the estimate is well outside the correct order of magnitude, placing this in the "Reasonable methodology but estimate is questionable" range (5–7 pts), though the magnitude of the error (10–20×) pushes it toward the lower end.

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Question 2: Image vs. Tabular vs. Hybrid Comparison (4/9 pts)

Score: 4/9

The student discusses all three model types and makes structurally reasonable arguments:

Tabular features capture core property attributes (sqft, beds, baths, location)
Images capture visual condition/quality not in tabular data
The hybrid model combines both information streams

However, the answer is entirely theoretical and generic — it describes what *should* happen rather than what *did* happen. Key deficiencies:

No reference to the actual loss plot or training/validation curves
No specific loss or RMSE values from any of the three models
No discussion of convergence speed (which model learned faster?)
No mention of overfitting patterns (train vs. validation gap)
Phrases like "is likely the strongest," "would struggle," and "should perform best" reveal the student is speculating rather than reporting experimental results

The rubric explicitly requires referencing results: *"Compares all three models with specific loss values, explains why results make sense."* This answer could have been written without running any experiments, which places it in the "Generic statement without reference to results" category (3–5 pts).

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Question 3: Kaggle Team Name (0/8 pts)

Score: 0/8

The student wrote: *"Not submitted (demonstration/training submission)"*

This is explicitly not a valid Kaggle team name. The rubric is clear:

Full credit (8 pts): Valid team name provided
No credit (0 pts): Missing or invalid

Without a team name, participation cannot be verified on the leaderboard.

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Grading Summary

Question	Topic	Earned	Max
Q1	Drawing detection estimate	4	8
Q2	Image vs tabular vs hybrid comparison	4	9
Q3	Kaggle team name	0	8
Total Written		8	25

Overall Comments:

Q1 shows good understanding of the detection methodology but needs a more careful estimate. The correct answer is in the range of ~5–20 schematics, not hundreds. The student's own subset analysis (5–8 out of 100) should have been a signal that linear extrapolation was producing an unreasonable result.
Q2 reads as a textbook discussion of multimodal learning rather than an analysis of experimental results. To earn full credit, the student needed to cite specific loss/RMSE values from their three models and discuss what the training curves actually showed.
Q3 requires actual Kaggle participation; no submission means no credit.

Total: 8/25

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Agent Work: House Price Prediction with Images

Homework 7: Is a Picture Worth 1000 Words? (Hybrid Deep Learning)

Overview

Tasks

Part 1: Exploring Home Images (25 pts)

Step 1: Display an Image

Step 2: Dimensionality Reduction on Images

Step 3: Detect Schematics

Part 2: Predicting List Price (70 pts)

Step 4: Image Normalization Constants

Step 5: Custom Dataset

Step 6: Three Model Architectures

Step 7: Training Function

Step 8: Validation Function

Step 9: Training Configuration

Part 3: Kaggle Submission (5 pts)

Step 10: Generate Predictions

Part 4: Extra Credit -- TensorBoard (skip)

Functions to Implement

Hints

Grading

COMP 341 Homework 7: Is a Picture Worth 1000 Words? (Hybrid Deep Learning)

Written Questions

Part 1: Exploring the Home Images

Question 1

Part 2: Predicting List Price

Question 2

Part 3: Kaggle Competition

Kaggle Team Name

COMP 341 Homework 7: Written Questions Grading

Question 1: Drawing Detection Estimate (4/8 pts)

Question 2: Image vs. Tabular vs. Hybrid Comparison (4/9 pts)

Question 3: Kaggle Team Name (0/8 pts)

Grading Summary

Sub-Model Usage