Table 2 Comparative performance of machine learning models (Mean ± Std).

From: Primacy of feature engineering over architectural complexity for intermittent demand forecasting

Model

MAE

RMSE

MAPE (%)

WMAPE (%)

\(\:{\varvec{R}}^{2}\) Score

SHOS

0.0712 ± 0.0028

1.0310 ± 0.1416

17.73 ± 0.47

20.39 ± 0.57

0.8430 ± 0.0460

Hurdle_SHOS

0.0701 ± 0.0023

1.1136 ± 0.1102

16.84 ± 0.44

20.10 ± 0.47

0.8186 ± 0.0413

Hurdle_baseline

0.1341 ± 0.0050

1.2911 ± 0.0934

37.91 ± 1.29

38.41 ± 0.71

0.7577 ± 0.0379

LightGBM

0.1326 ± 0.0046

1.2900 ± 0.1079

38.25 ± 1.20

38.00 ± 0.68

0.7578 ± 0.0418

XGBoost

0.1413 ± 0.0045

1.3960 ± 0.1074

40.41 ± 1.37

40.49 ± 1.26

0.7156 ± 0.0494

Random forest

0.1364 ± 0.0046

1.3411 ± 0.1057

40.28 ± 1.54

39.08 ± 1.03

0.7377 ± 0.0484

Ridge

0.3439 ± 0.0134

1.5101 ± 0.1161

69.99 ± 0.61

98.57 ± 4.28

0.6685 ± 0.0535

ElasticNet

0.3439 ± 0.0134

1.5101 ± 0.1160

70.00 ± 0.61

98.59 ± 4.26

0.6685 ± 0.0535

Naive zero

0.3492 ± 0.0137

2.6557 ± 0.0643

-

100.00 ± 0.00

-0.0176 ± 0.0014

  1. MAPE is undefined for the Naive Zero model due to zero actual demand values, rendering percentage error metrics meaningless.