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Table 5 Ranking of methods for predicting peak value based on different error measures for Region 1 over whole season (2013-2014). The color spectrum demonstrates different ranking levels. Dark green represents the best rank, whereas dark orange represents the worst one

From: A framework for evaluating epidemic forecasts

 

MAE

RMSE

MAPE

sMAPE

MdAPE

MdsAPE

Consensus

Median

       

Ranking

 

Method 1

6

6

6

6

5

6

5.83

6

Method 2

5

5

5

5

2

3

4.17

5

Method 3

2

3

2

4

3

4

3.00

3

Method 4

1

1

1

2

1

1

1.17

1

Method 5

4

4

4

3

6

4

4.17

4

Method 6

3

2

3

1

3

1

2.17

2.5