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. 2014 Jul 29;15(1):256. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-256

Table 1.

Fitness functions for measuring simulation error

Criterion Notation Definition Comment
DAE1 Inline graphic Eq. (2) Discrete absolute error of function values
DAE2 Inline graphic (2, 4) Discrete absolute error of function and derivative values
DAE3 Inline graphic (2, 4, 6) Discrete absolute error of function, derivative, second derivative values
DAE4 Inline graphic (2, 4, 8) Discrete absolute error of function, derivative values as well as values of second derivative.
DRE1 Inline graphic (3) Discrete relative error of function values
DRE2 Inline graphic (3, 5) Discrete relative error of function and derivative values
DRE3 Inline graphic (3, 5, 7) Discrete relative error of function, derivative, second derivative values
DRE4 Inline graphic (3, 5, 9) Discrete relative error of function, derivative values as well as values of second derivative.
CAE1 Inline graphic (10) Continuous absolute error of function values
CAE2 Inline graphic (10, 12) Continuous absolute error of function and derivative values
CAE3 Inline graphic (10, 12, 14) Continuous absolute error of function, derivative, second derivative values
CAE4 Inline graphic (10, 12, 16) Continuous absolute error of function, derivative values as well as values of second derivative.
CRE1 Inline graphic (11) Continuous relative error of function values
CRE2 Inline graphic (11, 13) Continuous relative error of function and derivative values
CRE3 Inline graphic (11, 13, 15) Continuous relative error of function, derivative, second derivative values
CRE4 Inline graphic (11, 13, 17) Continuous relative error of function, derivative values as well as values of second derivative.

(DAE: discrete absoulte error, CAE: continuous absolute error, DRE: discrete relative error, CRE: continuous relative error).