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Table of contents:

  1. Overview

  2. Performance Plots

  3. Performance of RNAfold - scored higher in this pairwise comparison

  4. Performance of Carnac(seed) - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

  5. Compile and download dataset for RNAfold & Carnac(seed) [.zip] - may take several seconds...


Overview

Metric RNAfold Carnac(seed)
MCC 0.639 > 0.415
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.603 ± 0.055 > 0.323 ± 0.066
Sensitivity 0.628 > 0.196
Positive Predictive Value 0.656 < 0.884
Total TP 1641 > 512
Total TN 436045 < 437968
Total FP 1104 > 145
Total FP CONTRA 147 > 14
Total FP INCONS 714 > 53
Total FP COMP 243 > 78
Total FN 974 < 2103
P-value 3.56938820447e-08

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Performance plots


  1. Comparison of performance of RNAfold and Carnac(seed). Positive Predictive Value (PPV) is plotted against sensitivity. Each dot represents a single test of each method. See tables below for raw data (individual counts for RNAfold and Carnac(seed)).

  2. Average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCC) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were plotted for different RNA families, for which at least 3 members were present in the benchmarking dataset. 'n' denotes the number of MCCs used to calculate the average and CI. See tables below for raw data (individual counts for RNAfold and Carnac(seed)).

  3. Comparison of average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCCs) for RNAfold and Carnac(seed). The whiskers correspond to 95% confidence intervals (CIs). 'n' denotes the number of MCCs used to calculate average MCCs and CIs. See tables below for raw data (individual counts for RNAfold and Carnac(seed)).

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Performance of RNAfold - scored higher in this pairwise comparison

1. Total counts & total scores for RNAfold

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 1641
Total TN 436045
Total FP 1104
Total FP CONTRA 147
Total FP INCONS 714
Total FP COMP 243
Total FN 974
Total Scores
MCC 0.639
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.603 ± 0.055
Sensitivity 0.628
Positive Predictive Value 0.656
Nr of predictions 123

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2. Individual counts for RNAfold [ download as .csv ]

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
CRW_01484 0.18 0.18 0.18 7 7465 32 4 27 1 32
CRW_01499 0.52 0.51 0.54 21 7962 19 3 15 1 20
CRW_01603 0.83 0.78 0.88 29 7107 7 0 4 3 8
PDB_00005 0.88 0.79 1.00 11 935 0 0 0 0 3
PDB_00012 1.00 1.00 1.00 7 399 3 0 0 3 0
PDB_00213 0.92 0.85 1.00 35 5015 0 0 0 0 6
PDB_00553 1.00 1.00 1.00 11 454 0 0 0 0 0
PDB_00716 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 2678 24 1 22 1 23
PDB_00810 0.71 0.65 0.79 11 1067 4 0 3 1 6
PDB_01001 0.52 0.56 0.50 10 2125 10 3 7 0 8
PDB_01050 0.96 0.92 1.00 12 618 2 0 0 2 1
PDB_01051 0.75 0.69 0.82 9 892 6 0 2 4 4
PDB_01092 0.71 0.63 0.80 33 10112 10 1 7 2 19
PDB_01152 0.96 0.93 1.00 13 548 0 0 0 0 1
RFA_00389 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00390 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00391 0.93 0.87 1.00 13 1418 2 0 0 2 2
RFA_00409 0.55 0.53 0.57 8 1417 7 1 5 1 7
RFA_00416 0.93 0.93 0.93 14 1470 4 0 1 3 1
RFA_00433 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00434 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00436 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00440 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1470 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00442 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00446 0.97 0.93 1.00 14 1471 2 0 0 2 1
RFA_00449 0.97 0.93 1.00 14 1471 2 0 0 2 1
RFA_00587 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 4836 12 0 0 12 0
RFA_00603 0.64 0.69 0.60 24 13490 19 4 12 3 11
RFA_00604 0.69 0.71 0.68 25 13493 24 2 10 12 10
RFA_00605 0.37 0.34 0.40 12 15195 27 3 15 9 23
RFA_00607 0.83 0.83 0.83 30 17730 18 4 2 12 6
RFA_00609 0.75 0.76 0.74 28 17917 28 2 8 18 9
RFA_00610 0.90 0.86 0.94 32 17171 18 0 2 16 5
RFA_00611 0.63 0.63 0.63 22 13006 15 3 10 2 13
RFA_00613 0.61 0.60 0.62 21 12846 15 4 9 2 14
RFA_00615 0.61 0.63 0.59 22 13329 19 5 10 4 13
RFA_00632 0.38 0.39 0.37 11 4065 19 2 17 0 17
RFA_00636 0.42 0.43 0.43 12 3977 16 2 14 0 16
RFA_00642 0.25 0.22 0.29 4 2912 10 2 8 0 14
RFA_00643 0.24 0.22 0.27 4 2196 12 2 9 1 14
RFA_00644 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 2681 20 4 16 0 18
RFA_00645 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 2401 14 3 11 0 18
RFA_00649 0.34 0.33 0.35 6 2128 13 2 9 2 12
RFA_00651 0.35 0.33 0.38 6 2064 10 1 9 0 12
RFA_00653 0.34 0.33 0.35 6 2128 11 3 8 0 12
RFA_00654 0.27 0.28 0.28 5 2397 13 2 11 0 13
RFA_00658 0.59 0.50 0.70 7 1118 5 0 3 2 7
RFA_00659 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 1120 10 1 7 2 14
RFA_00664 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 980 11 0 10 1 14
RFA_00667 0.29 0.29 0.31 4 977 10 1 8 1 10
RFA_00668 0.41 0.43 0.40 6 975 9 0 9 0 8
RFA_00672 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 895 9 0 8 1 13
RFA_00673 0.42 0.36 0.50 5 1118 6 0 5 1 9
RFA_00674 0.71 0.71 0.71 10 1114 5 0 4 1 4
RFA_00675 0.29 0.29 0.31 4 977 9 1 8 0 10
RFA_00677 0.42 0.43 0.43 6 976 9 0 8 1 8
RFA_00678 0.43 0.29 0.67 4 940 2 0 2 0 10
RFA_00680 0.74 0.71 0.77 10 1115 6 0 3 3 4
RFA_00684 0.66 0.64 0.69 9 977 5 0 4 1 5
RFA_00685 0.42 0.36 0.50 5 980 6 0 5 1 9
RFA_00695 0.56 0.50 0.64 7 7010 29 1 3 25 7
RFA_00703 0.67 0.64 0.69 9 4265 18 1 3 14 5
RFA_00704 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 981 9 0 9 0 14
RFA_00705 0.74 0.71 0.77 10 1022 4 0 3 1 4
RFA_00706 0.37 0.29 0.50 4 1027 4 0 4 0 10
RFA_00707 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 1026 9 3 6 0 14
RFA_00708 0.40 0.29 0.57 4 1028 3 0 3 0 10
RFA_00709 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 982 9 0 8 1 14
RFA_00710 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 981 9 0 9 0 14
RFA_00711 0.33 0.29 0.40 4 1025 7 0 6 1 10
RFA_00715 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 936 10 0 10 0 14
RFA_00716 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 935 11 0 11 0 14
RFA_00717 0.66 0.64 0.69 9 890 4 0 4 0 5
RFA_00730 0.69 0.67 0.73 8 892 4 1 2 1 4
RFA_00731 0.66 0.67 0.67 8 891 5 1 3 1 4
RFA_00733 0.66 0.67 0.67 8 891 5 1 3 1 4
RFA_00734 0.61 0.67 0.57 8 889 7 1 5 1 4
RFA_00736 0.66 0.67 0.67 8 891 5 1 3 1 4
RFA_00737 0.75 0.75 0.75 9 891 5 0 3 2 3
RFA_00745 0.66 0.67 0.67 8 934 5 1 3 1 4
RFA_00749 0.66 0.67 0.67 8 891 5 1 3 1 4
RFA_00758 0.96 0.92 1.00 11 892 0 0 0 0 1
RFA_00762 0.64 0.67 0.62 8 890 5 1 4 0 4
RFA_00763 0.75 0.75 0.75 9 891 4 0 3 1 3
RFA_00764 0.66 0.67 0.67 8 891 5 1 3 1 4
RFA_00765 0.75 0.75 0.75 9 891 5 0 3 2 3
RFA_00767 0.63 0.56 0.71 10 1877 4 0 4 0 8
RFA_00768 0.48 0.44 0.53 8 1876 7 1 6 0 10
RFA_00769 0.52 0.56 0.50 10 1933 10 4 6 0 8
RFA_00770 0.68 0.56 0.83 10 2004 5 0 2 3 8
RFA_00773 0.55 0.56 0.56 10 1935 8 2 6 0 8
RFA_00779 0.55 0.56 0.56 10 1935 8 3 5 0 8
RFA_00781 0.58 0.59 0.58 19 5017 14 2 12 0 13
RFA_00786 0.71 0.72 0.70 23 5017 10 2 8 0 9
RFA_00791 0.50 0.50 0.50 16 5119 16 5 11 0 16
RFA_00792 0.94 0.94 0.94 30 5018 4 0 2 2 2
RFA_00801 0.85 0.81 0.90 26 5021 4 0 3 1 6
RFA_00808 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 2001 18 2 13 3 16
RFA_00809 0.36 0.38 0.35 6 2128 11 1 10 0 10
SPR_00020 0.76 0.80 0.73 16 2679 8 2 4 2 4
SPR_00137 0.56 0.62 0.52 13 2901 15 4 8 3 8
SPR_00273 0.30 0.33 0.28 7 2825 19 2 16 1 14
SPR_00394 0.30 0.33 0.28 7 3630 20 8 10 2 14
SPR_00402 0.93 0.86 1.00 18 2538 0 0 0 0 3
SPR_00721 0.48 0.52 0.44 11 2901 14 3 11 0 10
SPR_00816 0.31 0.35 0.28 7 3461 21 5 13 3 13
SRP_00020 0.86 0.88 0.85 29 5531 5 1 4 0 4
SRP_00058 0.90 0.91 0.89 31 5743 8 1 3 4 3
SRP_00084 0.85 0.85 0.85 29 5426 5 1 4 0 5
SRP_00105 0.38 0.38 0.39 13 5532 20 3 17 0 21
SRP_00134 0.51 0.55 0.48 16 5962 23 3 14 6 13
SRP_00137 0.74 0.84 0.66 21 4154 13 4 7 2 4
SRP_00141 0.91 0.90 0.93 37 6288 3 1 2 0 4
SRP_00146 0.93 0.94 0.92 34 5216 3 1 2 0 2
SRP_00200 0.84 0.86 0.82 31 6865 9 1 6 2 5
SRP_00231 0.87 0.88 0.86 30 5425 5 1 4 0 4
SRP_00273 0.91 0.93 0.90 37 6745 6 1 3 2 3
SRP_00274 0.96 0.97 0.95 37 6864 3 1 1 1 1
SRP_00285 0.91 0.87 0.96 26 3714 1 0 1 0 4
SRP_00338 0.94 0.94 0.94 34 5424 2 0 2 0 2
SRP_00341 0.74 0.74 0.74 23 4722 8 0 8 0 8
SRP_00357 0.93 0.92 0.94 33 5321 3 1 1 1 3
SRP_00367 0.96 0.97 0.94 34 6750 2 1 1 0 1

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Performance of Carnac(seed) - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

1. Total counts & total scores for Carnac(seed)

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 512
Total TN 437968
Total FP 145
Total FP CONTRA 14
Total FP INCONS 53
Total FP COMP 78
Total FN 2103
Total Scores
MCC 0.415
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.323 ± 0.066
Sensitivity 0.196
Positive Predictive Value 0.884
Nr of predictions 123

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2. Individual counts for Carnac(seed) [ download as .csv ]

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
CRW_01484 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 7503 0 0 0 0 39
CRW_01499 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 8001 0 0 0 0 41
CRW_01603 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 7140 0 0 0 0 37
PDB_00005 0.88 0.79 1.00 11 935 0 0 0 0 3
PDB_00012 1.00 1.00 1.00 7 399 3 0 0 3 0
PDB_00213 0.58 0.34 1.00 14 5036 0 0 0 0 27
PDB_00553 0.79 0.64 1.00 7 458 0 0 0 0 4
PDB_00716 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2701 0 0 0 0 23
PDB_00810 0.64 0.41 1.00 7 1074 0 0 0 0 10
PDB_01001 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2145 0 0 0 0 18
PDB_01050 0.62 0.38 1.00 5 625 1 0 0 1 8
PDB_01051 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 903 0 0 0 0 13
PDB_01092 0.77 0.63 0.94 33 10118 3 1 1 1 19
PDB_01152 0.88 0.79 1.00 11 550 0 0 0 0 3
RFA_00389 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00390 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00391 0.93 0.87 1.00 13 1418 2 0 0 2 2
RFA_00409 0.77 0.60 1.00 9 1422 1 0 0 1 6
RFA_00416 0.93 0.93 0.93 14 1470 4 0 1 3 1
RFA_00433 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00434 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00436 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00440 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1470 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00442 1.00 1.00 1.00 15 1416 2 0 0 2 0
RFA_00446 0.97 0.93 1.00 14 1471 2 0 0 2 1
RFA_00449 0.97 0.93 1.00 14 1471 2 0 0 2 1
RFA_00587 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 4851 0 0 0 0 15
RFA_00603 0.56 0.31 1.00 11 13519 2 0 0 2 24
RFA_00604 0.56 0.31 1.00 11 13519 6 0 0 6 24
RFA_00605 0.41 0.17 1.00 6 15219 2 0 0 2 29
RFA_00607 0.25 0.08 0.75 3 17762 10 0 1 9 33
RFA_00609 0.27 0.14 0.56 5 17946 10 2 2 6 32
RFA_00610 0.37 0.14 1.00 5 17200 5 0 0 5 32
RFA_00611 0.38 0.14 1.00 5 13036 0 0 0 0 30
RFA_00613 0.24 0.14 0.42 5 12868 7 4 3 0 30
RFA_00615 0.48 0.23 1.00 8 13358 1 0 0 1 27
RFA_00632 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 4095 0 0 0 0 28
RFA_00636 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 4005 0 0 0 0 28
RFA_00642 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2926 0 0 0 0 18
RFA_00643 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2211 0 0 0 0 18
RFA_00644 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2701 0 0 0 0 18
RFA_00645 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2415 0 0 0 0 18
RFA_00649 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2145 0 0 0 0 18
RFA_00651 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2080 0 0 0 0 18
RFA_00653 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2145 0 0 0 0 18
RFA_00654 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2415 0 0 0 0 18
RFA_00658 0.40 0.29 0.57 4 1121 5 0 3 2 10
RFA_00659 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 1124 4 0 4 0 14
RFA_00664 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 990 0 0 0 0 14
RFA_00667 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 985 5 1 4 0 14
RFA_00668 0.50 0.43 0.60 6 980 4 0 4 0 8
RFA_00672 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 903 0 0 0 0 13
RFA_00673 0.47 0.36 0.63 5 1120 4 0 3 1 9
RFA_00674 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 1128 0 0 0 0 14
RFA_00675 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 990 0 0 0 0 14
RFA_00677 0.53 0.43 0.67 6 981 4 0 3 1 8
RFA_00678 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 946 0 0 0 0 14
RFA_00680 0.84 0.71 1.00 10 1118 2 0 0 2 4
RFA_00684 0.84 0.71 1.00 10 980 1 0 0 1 4
RFA_00685 0.59 0.36 1.00 5 985 0 0 0 0 9
RFA_00695 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 7021 0 0 0 0 14
RFA_00703 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 4278 0 0 0 0 14
RFA_00704 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 990 0 0 0 0 14
RFA_00705 0.84 0.71 1.00 10 1025 0 0 0 0 4
RFA_00706 0.53 0.29 1.00 4 1031 0 0 0 0 10
RFA_00707 0.53 0.29 1.00 4 1031 0 0 0 0 10
RFA_00708 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 1035 0 0 0 0 14
RFA_00709 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 984 7 0 6 1 14
RFA_00710 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 987 3 0 3 0 14
RFA_00711 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 1031 4 0 4 0 14
RFA_00715 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 943 3 1 2 0 14
RFA_00716 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 946 0 0 0 0 14
RFA_00717 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 903 0 0 0 0 14
RFA_00730 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 898 1 0 0 1 7
RFA_00731 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 898 1 0 0 1 7
RFA_00733 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 898 1 0 0 1 7
RFA_00734 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 898 0 0 0 0 7
RFA_00736 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 898 1 0 0 1 7
RFA_00737 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 898 1 0 0 1 7
RFA_00745 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 941 1 0 0 1 7
RFA_00749 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 898 1 0 0 1 7
RFA_00758 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 903 0 0 0 0 12
RFA_00762 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 898 0 0 0 0 7
RFA_00763 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 898 1 0 0 1 7
RFA_00764 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 898 1 0 0 1 7
RFA_00765 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 898 1 0 0 1 7
RFA_00767 0.74 0.56 1.00 10 1881 0 0 0 0 8
RFA_00768 0.74 0.56 1.00 10 1881 0 0 0 0 8
RFA_00769 0.71 0.56 0.91 10 1942 1 1 0 0 8
RFA_00770 0.62 0.39 1.00 7 2009 0 0 0 0 11
RFA_00773 0.71 0.56 0.91 10 1942 1 1 0 0 8
RFA_00779 0.74 0.56 1.00 10 1943 0 0 0 0 8
RFA_00781 0.25 0.13 0.50 4 5042 4 1 3 0 28
RFA_00786 0.25 0.13 0.50 4 5042 4 1 3 0 28
RFA_00791 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5151 0 0 0 0 32
RFA_00792 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5046 4 1 3 0 32
RFA_00801 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5050 0 0 0 0 32
RFA_00808 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2016 0 0 0 0 16
RFA_00809 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2145 0 0 0 0 16
SPR_00020 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2701 0 0 0 0 20
SPR_00137 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2926 0 0 0 0 21
SPR_00273 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2850 0 0 0 0 21
SPR_00394 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 3655 0 0 0 0 21
SPR_00402 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2556 0 0 0 0 21
SPR_00721 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2926 0 0 0 0 21
SPR_00816 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 3486 0 0 0 0 20
SRP_00020 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5565 0 0 0 0 33
SRP_00058 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5778 0 0 0 0 34
SRP_00084 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5460 0 0 0 0 34
SRP_00105 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5565 0 0 0 0 34
SRP_00134 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5995 0 0 0 0 29
SRP_00137 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 4186 0 0 0 0 25
SRP_00141 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 6328 0 0 0 0 41
SRP_00146 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5253 0 0 0 0 36
SRP_00200 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 6903 0 0 0 0 36
SRP_00231 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5460 0 0 0 0 34
SRP_00273 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 6786 0 0 0 0 40
SRP_00274 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 6903 0 0 0 0 38
SRP_00285 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 3741 0 0 0 0 30
SRP_00338 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5460 0 0 0 0 36
SRP_00341 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 4753 0 0 0 0 31
SRP_00357 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 5356 0 0 0 0 36
SRP_00367 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 6786 0 0 0 0 35

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Matthews Correlation Coeffient, Sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value have been calculated based on the paper by Gardener & Giegerich, 2004.