Maxima Function
mean_deviation (list)
mean_deviation(matrix)
The mean deviation, defined as
n ==== 1 \ _ - > |x - x| n / i ==== i = 1
(%i1) load (descriptive)$ (%i2) load (numericalio)$ (%i3) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$ (%i4) mean_deviation (s1); 51 (%o4) -- 20 (%i5) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$ (%i6) mean_deviation (s2); (%o6) [3.287959999999999, 3.075342, 3.23907, 4.715664000000001, 4.028546000000002]