# What tools may be used?

**URL:** <https://community.drivendata.org/t/what-tools-may-be-used/9212>\
**Category:** Water Supply Forecast Rodeo\
**Created:** [October 26, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/what-tools-may-be-used/9212 "2023-10-26T13:14:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mesbahiba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@mesbahiba](https://community.drivendata.org/u/mesbahiba)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/what-tools-may-be-used/9212/1 "2023-10-26T13:14:18Z")

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What tools should we use? May I use tools to my choice or we have to use Python, R or such tools.

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**Author:** ![jayqi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.drivendata.org/jayqi/32/924_2.png) [@jayqi](https://community.drivendata.org/u/jayqi)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/what-tools-may-be-used/9212/2 "2023-10-27T21:15:53Z")

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The challenge organizers are finalizing the details about what will be permitted. We’ll update the challenge website soon with additional documentation. Thanks for your patience.

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**Author:** ![jayqi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.drivendata.org/jayqi/32/924_2.png) [@jayqi](https://community.drivendata.org/u/jayqi)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/what-tools-may-be-used/9212/3 "2023-11-02T00:31:45Z")

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Hi @mesbahiba,

We’ve added [additional documentation](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/254/reclamation-water-supply-forecast-dev/page/797/#looking-forward-to-the-evaluation-arena) to the problem description page on this topic.

In particular, solutions may be in Python or R. See the linked documentation for more discussion about limitations.