 Absolute-error loss (source code)

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= Absolute-error loss
{title2=$\ell(a,\theta)=|a-\theta|$}

= Absolute loss
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The loss $|a-\theta|$ for estimating a real parameter $\theta$ by $a$. Its <risk of a decision rule> is the corresponding <expected value>. Unlike <squared-error loss>, its pointwise size is a <metric>, so the triangle inequality gives a direct overlap version of the <Le Cam two-point lemma>.

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