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Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE)

A common forecast-error metric expressing the average absolute difference between actual and forecasted demand as a percentage of actual demand. Lower is more accurate, but it can be misleading for items with irregular demand (Z in XYZ analysis).

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