Java List Mean meanAbsolute(List vector)

Description

Arithmetic Mean of absolute values of Vector Elements, e.g.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
vector	Vector whose elements are to be averaged

Return

Mean

Declaration

public static float meanAbsolute(List<Float> vector) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Arithmetic Mean of absolute values of Vector Elements, e.g. for mean
     * absolute error computation
     * 
     * @param vector
     *            Vector whose elements are to be averaged
     * @return Mean
     */
    public static float meanAbsolute(List<Float> vector) {
        Float sum = (float) 0;
        for (Float element : vector) {
            // sum += (element);
            sum += Math.abs(element);
        }
        return sum / vector.size();
    }
}

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8. normalizeFromMeanAndStdev(List values, double mean, double stdev)
9. standardDeviation(List values, Double mean)