chainer.functions.absolute_error

chainer.functions.absolute_error(x0, x1)

Element-wise absolute error function.

Computes the element-wise absolute error $L$ between two inputs $x_0$ and $x_1$ defined as follows.

$$L = |x_0 - x_1|$$

Parameters

• x0 (Variable or N-dimensional array) – First input variable.

• x1 (Variable or N-dimensional array) – Second input variable.

Returns

An array representing the element-wise absolute error between the two inputs.

Return type

Variable