2022
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-2022-64
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Root mean square error (RMSE) or mean absolute error (MAE): when to use them or not

Abstract: Abstract. The mean absolute error (MAE) and root mean squared error (RMSE) are widely used metrics for evaluating models. Yet, there remains enduring confusion over their use, such that a standard practice is to present both, leaving it to the reader to decide. Some of this confusion arises from a recent debate between Willmott and Draxler (2005) and Chai and Draxler (2014), in which either side presents their arguments for one metric over the other. Neither side was completely correct; however, because neithe… Show more

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“…The results obtained by the ANFIS model showed that, when reaching the defined stopping criteria of error tolerance and number of epochs, the RMSE values were 0.199 in the data training, and 1.217 in the data validation. The model performance was satisfactory considering that the RMSE value, the smaller the difference between the estimated and the real values [85,86]. According to the Rule Viewer results (Figure 7), the influence of input variables in determining the output index can be measured.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…The results obtained by the ANFIS model showed that, when reaching the defined stopping criteria of error tolerance and number of epochs, the RMSE values were 0.199 in the data training, and 1.217 in the data validation. The model performance was satisfactory considering that the RMSE value, the smaller the difference between the estimated and the real values [85,86]. According to the Rule Viewer results (Figure 7), the influence of input variables in determining the output index can be measured.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 93%
“… is expressed as the ground truth value of time , and represents the global consistency position calculated by the acoustic sensor network at this time. The RMSE is defined as [ 32 ] where denotes the number of frames. Generally, the smaller the RMSE, the better the tracking result.…”
Section: Experiments and Results Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It determines how near the data is to the best fit line. For regression analysis, forecasting, and climatology, RMSE is commonly utilized [45].…”
Section: Root Mean Square Error (Rmse)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is the difference between the expected and the actual numbers, and it is used to figure out where the forecast went wrong. e MAE is used to anticipate and predict the deep learning classifiers, with the resultant value ranging from 0 to infinite [45].…”
Section: Root Mean Square Error (Rmse)mentioning
confidence: 99%