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Ranks for metrics whose optimum is 0 like mean_absolute_error is in reverse order #1078

@rabsr

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@rabsr

Describe the bug

There are various metrics whose optimum value is 0 and for them greater the value, worst are the results. But this is not considered while calculating ranks in cv_results. While calculating ranks, it is always considered that greater the value, better the results.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behaviour:
Run any regression problem with metric mean_absolute_error.

Results from cv_results_

>>> cv_results_[["mean_test_score","rank_test_scores", "status"]]
   mean_test_score  rank_test_scores   status
0     2.354041e+00                 6  Success
1     2.649970e+00                 4  Success
2     2.758945e+00                 3  Success
3     2.147484e+09                 1  Timeout
4     2.581370e+00                 5  Success
5     2.269768e+00                 7  Success
6     2.147484e+09                 1  Timeout

Expected Result

>>> cv_results_[["mean_test_score","rank_test_scores", "status"]]
   mean_test_score  rank_test_scores   status
0     2.354041e+00                 2  Success
1     2.649970e+00                 4  Success
2     2.758945e+00                 5  Success
3     2.147484e+09                 6  Timeout
4     2.581370e+00                 3  Success
5     2.269768e+00                 1  Success
6     2.147484e+09                 6  Timeout

Environment and installation:

Please give details about your installation:

  • Is your installation in a virtual environment or conda environment? virtualenviron
  • Python version - 3.7
  • Auto-sklearn version - From development branch

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