Advantages of the mean absolute error (MAE) over the root mean square error (RMSE) in assessing average model performance

Willmott, C. J., & Matsuura, K. (2005). Advantages of the mean absolute error (MAE) over the root mean square error (RMSE) in assessing average model performance. Climate Research.

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Journal article

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Primary research

Year

2005

DOI

10.3354/cr030079

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Inter-Research Science Center

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https://doi.org/10.3354/cr030079

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Domain-specific

• Mean absolute error
  • For residuals e_i=y_i−ŷ_i, MAE equals n^{-1}Σ|e_i| or a declared weighted analogue, retaining the response unit and penalizing deviations linearly.

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