mae_vec: Calculate the mean absolute error

In tscv: Functions and Utilities for Tidy Time Series Forecasting and Time Series Cross-Validation

Calculate the mean absolute error

Description

Calculate the mean absolute error of a numeric vector.

Usage

mae_vec(truth, estimate, na_rm = TRUE)

Arguments

truth	Numeric vector containing the actual values.
estimate	Numeric vector containing the forecasts.
na_rm	Logical value. If TRUE, missing values are removed.

Details

mae_vec() computes the average absolute forecast error abs(truth - estimate). The metric is reported in the same units as the original data.

Value

A numeric value.

See Also

Other accuracy functions: make_accuracy(), make_errors(), mape_vec(), me_vec(), mpe_vec(), mse_vec(), rmse_vec(), smape_vec()

Examples

truth <- c(10, 20, 30)
estimate <- c(8, 22, 25)

mae_vec(truth, estimate)

truth_na <- c(10, 20, NA)
estimate_na <- c(8, 22, 25)
mae_vec(truth_na, estimate_na)

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