scripts/builtin/mae.dml

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# Returns the means absolute error between the two inputs
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# INPUT:
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# X      First Matrix to compare
# Y      Second Matrix to compare
# P      Quantiles to extract as well if empty matrix not calculated
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# OUTPUT:
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# Z      Mean absolute error
# Q      Quantiles calculated
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m_mae = function(Matrix[Double] X, Matrix[Double] Y, Matrix[Double] P = matrix(0, rows=0, cols=0)) 
  return (Matrix[Double] Z, Matrix[Double] Q) {
  AE = abs(X - Y)
  Z = as.matrix(mean(AE)) 
  Q = flattenQuantile(AE, P)
}