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package org.apache.horn.funcs;

import org.apache.hama.commons.math.FloatFloatFunction;

/**
 * Square error cost function.
 * 
 * <pre>
 * cost(t, y) = 0.5 * (t - y) &circ; 2
 * </pre>
 */
public class SquaredError extends FloatFloatFunction {

  @Override
  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  public float apply(float target, float actual) {
    float diff = target - actual;
    return (0.5f * diff * diff);
  }

  @Override
  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  public float applyDerivative(float target, float actual) {
    return actual - target;
  }

}