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Table of contents:

  1. Overview

  2. Performance Plots

  3. Performance of RNAalifold(seed) - scored higher in this pairwise comparison

  4. Performance of Afold - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

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


Overview

Metric RNAalifold(seed) Afold
MCC 0.746 > 0.436
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.744 ± 0.040 > 0.437 ± 0.032
Sensitivity 0.679 > 0.432
Positive Predictive Value 0.819 > 0.442
Total TP 20846 > 13261
Total TN 82043479 > 82038885
Total FP 5574 < 18731
Total FP CONTRA 1046 < 2435
Total FP INCONS 3549 < 14339
Total FP COMP 979 < 1957
Total FN 9856 < 17441
P-value 3.56938820447e-08

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Performance plots


  1. Comparison of performance of RNAalifold(seed) and Afold. 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 RNAalifold(seed) and Afold).

  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 RNAalifold(seed) and Afold).

  3. Comparison of average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCCs) for RNAalifold(seed) and Afold. 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 RNAalifold(seed) and Afold).

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Performance of RNAalifold(seed) - scored higher in this pairwise comparison

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

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 20846
Total TN 82043479
Total FP 5574
Total FP CONTRA 1046
Total FP INCONS 3549
Total FP COMP 979
Total FN 9856
Total Scores
MCC 0.746
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.744 ± 0.040
Sensitivity 0.679
Positive Predictive Value 0.819
Nr of predictions 65

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

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
CRW_00024 0.87 0.84 0.90 385 1085175 58 7 34 17 73
CRW_00048 0.84 0.79 0.88 372 1170793 59 16 34 9 98
CRW_00054 0.84 0.81 0.88 369 1107397 60 16 34 10 87
CRW_00059 0.82 0.78 0.88 367 1172327 61 16 36 9 106
CRW_00061 0.82 0.77 0.88 367 1181535 61 16 35 10 109
CRW_00068 0.85 0.81 0.88 370 1108886 58 15 34 9 87
CRW_00096 0.84 0.79 0.89 368 1178465 61 12 35 14 97
CRW_00140 0.83 0.79 0.87 367 1135858 62 16 37 9 96
CRW_00141 0.83 0.78 0.88 369 1201606 61 16 34 11 107
CRW_00150 0.85 0.79 0.91 368 1152515 47 13 25 9 98
CRW_00152 0.85 0.79 0.91 372 1180006 46 13 25 8 99
CRW_00166 0.83 0.78 0.88 365 1190782 64 12 37 15 103
CRW_00173 0.79 0.76 0.84 336 1082254 76 16 50 10 109
CRW_00177 0.82 0.77 0.87 364 1178460 66 16 40 10 109
CRW_00196 0.82 0.77 0.87 365 1207815 63 16 39 8 110
CRW_00230 0.83 0.77 0.88 369 1198508 59 15 34 10 109
CRW_00245 0.84 0.81 0.88 366 1105912 60 16 34 10 87
CRW_00248 0.82 0.76 0.88 369 1218720 61 16 36 9 115
CRW_00250 0.82 0.77 0.88 369 1198505 61 16 36 9 109
CRW_00256 0.85 0.79 0.91 369 1192333 48 13 25 10 99
CRW_00270 0.84 0.81 0.88 368 1111868 59 15 35 9 87
CRW_00271 0.83 0.78 0.90 359 1122350 51 13 29 9 103
CRW_00273 0.84 0.80 0.87 358 1085191 60 16 36 8 88
CRW_00275 0.84 0.80 0.88 366 1114854 59 16 35 8 91
CRW_00277 0.83 0.79 0.87 359 1110382 64 17 37 10 94
CRW_00278 0.83 0.78 0.88 349 1129861 58 13 33 12 101
CRW_00279 0.85 0.80 0.91 372 1180005 54 13 26 15 92
CRW_00280 0.84 0.80 0.89 363 1117851 59 13 33 13 90
CRW_00281 0.85 0.80 0.91 372 1144932 48 13 24 11 92
CRW_00283 0.80 0.75 0.85 323 1015644 67 14 44 9 109
CRW_00284 0.83 0.78 0.89 356 1131358 59 13 33 13 100
CRW_00285 0.82 0.78 0.86 356 1117847 66 17 40 9 102
CRW_00289 0.80 0.75 0.86 358 1189235 67 16 44 7 118
CRW_00292 0.77 0.71 0.84 329 1123856 76 14 51 11 132
CRW_00326 0.44 0.37 0.53 184 1627762 174 32 132 10 318
CRW_00358 0.44 0.36 0.53 184 1675017 173 32 132 9 323
CRW_00366 0.42 0.36 0.51 172 1579413 180 32 136 12 310
CRW_00371 0.44 0.36 0.52 181 1611565 175 31 133 11 315
CRW_00372 0.44 0.37 0.53 184 1625958 174 32 132 10 314
CRW_00379 0.40 0.32 0.50 169 2126616 180 32 136 12 365
CRW_00386 0.44 0.35 0.55 182 1750923 164 28 123 13 333
CRW_00411 0.45 0.38 0.55 186 1615165 163 28 124 11 310
CRW_00414 0.45 0.37 0.54 182 1665890 171 28 125 18 313
CRW_00466 0.86 0.82 0.91 377 1116350 49 12 26 11 81
CRW_00589 0.86 0.81 0.92 361 1094068 53 6 25 22 84
CRW_00590 0.87 0.81 0.92 366 1119360 52 6 24 22 86
CRW_00591 0.87 0.82 0.92 365 1098507 56 8 23 25 81
CRW_00759 0.41 0.34 0.49 163 1636811 183 35 136 12 318
CRW_00763 0.85 0.78 0.92 348 1215641 59 6 25 28 98
CRW_00772 0.81 0.75 0.88 302 945656 72 5 37 30 102
CRW_00778 0.86 0.81 0.91 312 1201683 85 4 26 55 72
CRW_00789 0.85 0.79 0.91 355 1137395 59 8 28 23 92
CRW_00795 0.78 0.73 0.84 288 1152577 109 10 46 53 106
CRW_00800 0.42 0.33 0.52 156 1401675 160 25 119 16 314
CRW_00849 0.82 0.76 0.88 356 1117856 63 14 34 15 114
CRW_01153 0.41 0.34 0.49 172 1606179 193 36 141 16 331
CRW_01171 0.43 0.36 0.52 181 1593657 177 34 133 10 325
CRW_01343 0.83 0.79 0.88 344 977508 71 5 44 22 90
PDB_00703 0.78 0.69 0.87 344 1073448 73 7 46 20 151
PDB_00854 0.74 0.64 0.87 342 1500383 85 10 43 32 193
PDB_01088 0.73 0.63 0.86 342 1471073 85 8 47 30 205
PDB_01103 0.74 0.63 0.87 355 1606120 72 10 43 19 207
PDB_01105 0.76 0.66 0.88 355 1433566 72 7 43 22 185
PDB_01120 0.77 0.68 0.87 358 1204715 73 7 48 18 169
PDB_01273 0.78 0.70 0.86 346 1117856 80 13 45 22 145

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Performance of Afold - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

1. Total counts & total scores for Afold

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 13261
Total TN 82038885
Total FP 18731
Total FP CONTRA 2435
Total FP INCONS 14339
Total FP COMP 1957
Total FN 17441
Total Scores
MCC 0.436
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.437 ± 0.032
Sensitivity 0.432
Positive Predictive Value 0.442
Nr of predictions 65

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

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
CRW_00024 0.78 0.77 0.79 351 1085158 132 17 75 40 107
CRW_00048 0.49 0.49 0.50 228 1170758 252 20 209 23 242
CRW_00054 0.46 0.46 0.46 208 1107368 260 31 209 20 248
CRW_00059 0.52 0.51 0.53 240 1172289 233 26 191 16 233
CRW_00061 0.55 0.54 0.55 259 1181483 231 27 184 20 217
CRW_00068 0.49 0.49 0.50 226 1108849 247 24 206 17 231
CRW_00096 0.46 0.46 0.47 214 1178420 264 32 214 18 251
CRW_00140 0.64 0.63 0.64 291 1135826 182 20 141 21 172
CRW_00141 0.59 0.58 0.60 274 1201566 212 26 159 27 202
CRW_00150 0.42 0.41 0.42 193 1152465 282 35 228 19 273
CRW_00152 0.64 0.62 0.65 293 1179965 180 30 128 22 178
CRW_00166 0.54 0.53 0.55 248 1190745 226 28 175 23 220
CRW_00173 0.29 0.29 0.29 127 1082216 323 37 276 10 318
CRW_00177 0.44 0.43 0.45 203 1178433 259 22 222 15 270
CRW_00196 0.47 0.46 0.48 220 1207772 267 24 219 24 255
CRW_00230 0.57 0.56 0.58 266 1198467 216 21 172 23 212
CRW_00245 0.38 0.38 0.38 172 1105880 289 44 232 13 281
CRW_00248 0.57 0.57 0.58 274 1218666 234 21 180 33 210
CRW_00250 0.44 0.44 0.45 210 1198459 274 34 223 17 268
CRW_00256 0.41 0.40 0.42 188 1192291 278 39 222 17 280
CRW_00270 0.44 0.43 0.45 196 1111850 260 40 200 20 259
CRW_00271 0.51 0.50 0.51 231 1122302 237 43 175 19 231
CRW_00273 0.59 0.58 0.60 258 1085174 195 26 143 26 188
CRW_00275 0.47 0.47 0.48 213 1114826 258 28 204 26 244
CRW_00277 0.38 0.38 0.38 172 1110338 300 45 240 15 281
CRW_00278 0.41 0.40 0.42 180 1129825 274 33 218 23 270
CRW_00279 0.51 0.49 0.53 229 1179985 227 29 173 25 235
CRW_00280 0.51 0.50 0.51 227 1117817 231 28 188 15 226
CRW_00281 0.30 0.30 0.29 138 1144872 347 41 290 16 326
CRW_00283 0.28 0.27 0.29 118 1015612 321 39 256 26 314
CRW_00284 0.28 0.27 0.28 124 1131316 337 30 290 17 332
CRW_00285 0.72 0.71 0.74 325 1117819 142 23 93 26 133
CRW_00289 0.46 0.45 0.48 214 1189204 258 34 201 23 262
CRW_00292 0.31 0.30 0.32 138 1123814 315 46 252 17 323
CRW_00326 0.41 0.41 0.42 204 1627621 339 47 238 54 298
CRW_00358 0.36 0.36 0.35 183 1674845 391 61 276 54 324
CRW_00366 0.35 0.36 0.33 174 1579230 395 88 261 46 308
CRW_00371 0.29 0.29 0.28 145 1611389 409 77 299 33 351
CRW_00372 0.36 0.36 0.35 181 1625787 378 59 279 40 317
CRW_00379 0.42 0.43 0.41 227 2126401 423 55 270 98 307
CRW_00386 0.24 0.25 0.23 129 1750683 478 83 361 34 386
CRW_00411 0.34 0.34 0.34 169 1615006 381 62 266 53 327
CRW_00414 0.27 0.28 0.26 140 1665694 436 77 314 45 355
CRW_00466 0.60 0.59 0.62 268 1116330 196 21 146 29 190
CRW_00589 0.18 0.18 0.18 78 1094024 374 34 324 16 367
CRW_00590 0.36 0.36 0.37 161 1119326 290 30 239 21 291
CRW_00591 0.57 0.56 0.59 251 1098476 205 23 153 29 195
CRW_00759 0.22 0.22 0.21 107 1636633 462 78 327 57 374
CRW_00763 0.38 0.37 0.40 165 1215603 304 24 228 52 281
CRW_00772 0.26 0.25 0.26 103 945610 313 37 250 26 301
CRW_00778 0.30 0.29 0.32 113 1201668 314 34 210 70 271
CRW_00789 0.36 0.36 0.36 160 1137342 302 44 240 18 287
CRW_00795 0.21 0.22 0.21 85 1152511 379 51 274 54 309
CRW_00800 0.55 0.53 0.57 251 1401532 269 24 168 77 219
CRW_00849 0.49 0.48 0.49 227 1117798 259 23 212 24 243
CRW_01153 0.32 0.32 0.32 160 1606024 390 54 290 46 343
CRW_01171 0.32 0.33 0.31 167 1593473 402 81 284 37 339
CRW_01343 0.37 0.37 0.37 160 977470 284 42 229 13 274
PDB_00703 0.53 0.50 0.56 246 1073408 220 17 174 29 249
PDB_00854 0.55 0.53 0.56 284 1500271 276 22 201 53 251
PDB_01088 0.36 0.35 0.37 191 1470959 352 45 275 32 356
PDB_01103 0.56 0.54 0.58 306 1605999 254 32 191 31 256
PDB_01105 0.60 0.58 0.63 313 1433471 221 15 172 34 227
PDB_01120 0.46 0.43 0.49 228 1204659 250 31 210 9 299
PDB_01273 0.51 0.48 0.53 237 1117812 242 21 190 31 254

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