Root mean square error (RMSE) or mean absolute error (MAE)? – Arguments against avoiding RMSE in the literature

Chai, T.; Draxler, R. R.

doi:10.5194/gmd-7-1247-2014

Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1247-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1247-2014

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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

Methods for assessment of models

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30 Jun 2014

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Root mean square error (RMSE) or mean absolute error (MAE)? – Arguments against avoiding RMSE in the literature

T. Chai and R. R. Draxler

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