tf.compat.v1.losses.mean_pairwise_squared_error

Adds a pairwise-errors-squared loss to the training procedure.

tf.compat.v1.losses.mean_pairwise_squared_error(
    labels, predictions, weights=1.0, scope=None,
    loss_collection=tf.GraphKeys.LOSSES
)

Unlike mean_squared_error, which is a measure of the differences between corresponding elements of predictions and labels, mean_pairwise_squared_error is a measure of the differences between pairs of corresponding elements of predictions and labels.

For example, if labels=[a, b, c] and predictions=[x, y, z], there are three pairs of differences are summed to compute the loss: loss = [ ((a-b) - (x-y)).^2 + ((a-c) - (x-z)).^2 + ((b-c) - (y-z)).^2 ] / 3

Note that since the inputs are of shape [batch_size, d0, ... dN], the corresponding pairs are computed within each batch sample but not across samples within a batch. For example, if predictions represents a batch of 16 grayscale images of dimension [batch_size, 100, 200], then the set of pairs is drawn from each image, but not across images.

weights acts as a coefficient for the loss. If a scalar is provided, then the loss is simply scaled by the given value. If weights is a tensor of size [batch_size], then the total loss for each sample of the batch is rescaled by the corresponding element in the weights vector.

labels The ground truth output tensor, whose shape must match the shape of predictions.
predictions The predicted outputs, a tensor of size [batch_size, d0, .. dN] where N+1 is the total number of dimensions in predictions.
weights Coefficients for the loss a scalar, a tensor of shape [batch_size] or a tensor whose shape matches predictions.
scope The scope for the operations performed in computing the loss.
loss_collection collection to which the loss will be added.

A scalar Tensor that returns the weighted loss.

ValueError If the shape of predictions doesn't match that of labels or if the shape of weights is invalid. Also if labels or predictions is None.

eager compatibility

The loss_collection argument is ignored when executing eagerly. Consider holding on to the return value or collecting losses via a tf.keras.Model.