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package org.apache.mahout.cf.taste.impl.eval;

import org.apache.mahout.cf.taste.impl.common.FullRunningAverage;
import org.apache.mahout.cf.taste.impl.common.RunningAverage;
import org.apache.mahout.cf.taste.model.Preference;

/**
 * <p>
 * A {@link org.apache.mahout.cf.taste.eval.RecommenderEvaluator} which computes the "root mean squared"
 * difference between predicted and actual ratings for users. This is the square root of the average of this
 * difference, squared.
 * </p>
 */
public final class RMSRecommenderEvaluator extends AbstractDifferenceRecommenderEvaluator {

    private RunningAverage average;

    @Override
    protected void reset() {
        average = new FullRunningAverage();
    }

    @Override
    protected void processOneEstimate(float estimatedPreference, Preference realPref) {
        double diff = realPref.getValue() - estimatedPreference;
        average.addDatum(diff * diff);
    }

    @Override
    protected double computeFinalEvaluation() {
        return Math.sqrt(average.getAverage());
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "RMSRecommenderEvaluator";
    }

}