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Table 6 External validation: Point forecast and coverage performance by region

From: Forecasting the daily demand for emergency medical ambulances in England and Wales: a benchmark model and external validation

Trust

Region

MASE

Coverage 80

Coverage 95

London

North Central

0.76 (0.11)

0.84 (0.06)

0.94 (0.04)

 

North East

0.74 (0.08)

0.87 (0.06)

0.97 (0.03)

 

North West

0.75 (0.11)

0.86 (0.07)

0.97 (0.03)

 

South East

0.70 (0.10)

0.85 (0.06)

0.98 (0.03)

 

South West

0.68 (0.10)

0.86 (0.06)

0.97 (0.04)

Wales

Central and West

0.69 (0.12)

0.82 (0.09)

0.96 (0.04)

 

North

0.73 (0.14)

0.79 (0.10)

0.97 (0.04)

 

South East

0.64 (0.10)

0.87 (0.06)

0.98 (0.04)

Yorkshire

ABL

0.67 (0.11)

0.86 (0.05)

0.98 (0.02)

 

CKW

0.74 (0.09)

0.82 (0.07)

0.96 (0.03)

 

Humb and ER

0.77 (0.11)

0.79 (0.08)

0.94 (0.04)

 

North Yorks

0.83 (0.15)

0.77 (0.09)

0.94 (0.06)

 

South

0.76 (0.11)

0.81 (0.08)

0.96 (0.04)

  1. Mean (SD). Figures calculated from 41 folds of 7-84 days in test sets