Weighted average of (unscaled) unit normal deviance. This equals the weighted mean-squared error, see e.g. the reference below. The smaller the deviance, the better.
Usage
deviance_normal(actual, predicted, w = NULL, ...)
Value
A numeric vector of length one.
Arguments
actual
Observed values.
predicted
Predicted values.
w
Optional case weights.
...
Further arguments passed to mse.
References
Jorgensen, B. (1997). The Theory of Dispersion Models. Chapman & Hall/CRC. ISBN 978-0412997112.