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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 Contrafold - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

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


Overview

Metric RNAalifold(seed) Contrafold
MCC 0.744 > 0.505
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.742 ± 0.039 > 0.505 ± 0.026
Sensitivity 0.678 > 0.483
Positive Predictive Value 0.818 > 0.528
Total TP 21759 > 15515
Total TN 85766748 > 85763960
Total FP 5870 < 16162
Total FP CONTRA 1107 < 1938
Total FP INCONS 3750 < 11951
Total FP COMP 1013 < 2273
Total FN 10343 < 16587
P-value 3.56938820447e-08

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Performance plots


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

  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 Contrafold).

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

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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 21759
Total TN 85766748
Total FP 5870
Total FP CONTRA 1107
Total FP INCONS 3750
Total FP COMP 1013
Total FN 10343
Total Scores
MCC 0.744
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.742 ± 0.039
Sensitivity 0.678
Positive Predictive Value 0.818
Nr of predictions 68

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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_00034 0.82 0.77 0.88 363 1141905 62 14 34 14 111
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_00306 0.45 0.39 0.52 178 1445508 175 32 132 11 284
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_00997 0.84 0.80 0.88 372 1135856 59 15 35 9 92
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 Contrafold - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

1. Total counts & total scores for Contrafold

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 15515
Total TN 85763960
Total FP 16162
Total FP CONTRA 1938
Total FP INCONS 11951
Total FP COMP 2273
Total FN 16587
Total Scores
MCC 0.505
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.505 ± 0.026
Sensitivity 0.483
Positive Predictive Value 0.528
Nr of predictions 68

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

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
CRW_00024 0.77 0.77 0.78 351 1085153 140 12 85 43 107
CRW_00034 0.68 0.68 0.68 320 1141844 188 22 130 36 154
CRW_00048 0.60 0.57 0.64 268 1170795 174 25 127 22 202
CRW_00054 0.54 0.52 0.56 237 1107395 202 25 159 18 219
CRW_00059 0.64 0.60 0.67 286 1172318 164 20 122 22 187
CRW_00061 0.59 0.58 0.61 274 1181504 188 29 146 13 202
CRW_00068 0.51 0.51 0.53 231 1108865 226 32 177 17 226
CRW_00096 0.55 0.53 0.57 245 1178450 213 19 166 28 220
CRW_00140 0.56 0.52 0.61 243 1135878 175 14 143 18 220
CRW_00141 0.62 0.60 0.64 287 1201577 192 19 142 31 189
CRW_00150 0.55 0.51 0.59 237 1152519 185 22 143 20 229
CRW_00152 0.53 0.49 0.57 233 1180006 196 22 155 19 238
CRW_00166 0.62 0.59 0.64 277 1190763 182 19 137 26 191
CRW_00173 0.34 0.34 0.35 150 1082228 288 32 246 10 295
CRW_00177 0.50 0.48 0.52 228 1178444 227 20 188 19 245
CRW_00196 0.57 0.55 0.59 259 1207798 197 27 151 19 216
CRW_00230 0.54 0.52 0.56 250 1198476 220 27 173 20 228
CRW_00245 0.53 0.51 0.55 229 1105912 212 23 164 25 224
CRW_00248 0.64 0.62 0.66 301 1218683 200 21 136 43 183
CRW_00250 0.58 0.56 0.61 267 1198490 184 24 145 15 211
CRW_00256 0.47 0.44 0.50 206 1192327 232 26 181 25 262
CRW_00270 0.66 0.63 0.69 286 1111874 157 20 106 31 169
CRW_00271 0.51 0.48 0.53 221 1122337 215 30 163 22 241
CRW_00273 0.47 0.46 0.49 203 1085190 233 20 188 25 243
CRW_00275 0.61 0.59 0.63 271 1114843 186 19 138 29 186
CRW_00277 0.44 0.40 0.49 182 1110423 203 23 167 13 271
CRW_00278 0.44 0.42 0.47 190 1129849 240 28 189 23 260
CRW_00279 0.60 0.56 0.64 262 1180004 173 25 125 23 202
CRW_00280 0.55 0.51 0.60 232 1117873 173 15 140 18 221
CRW_00281 0.64 0.62 0.65 288 1144901 182 17 135 30 176
CRW_00283 0.41 0.38 0.45 162 1015668 217 29 166 22 270
CRW_00284 0.51 0.47 0.56 216 1131371 196 24 149 23 240
CRW_00285 0.66 0.63 0.68 289 1117836 159 19 116 24 169
CRW_00289 0.60 0.57 0.63 270 1189221 197 21 141 35 206
CRW_00292 0.38 0.36 0.40 165 1123842 258 35 208 15 296
CRW_00306 0.28 0.28 0.29 129 1445402 388 63 256 69 333
CRW_00326 0.50 0.49 0.51 246 1627630 284 52 182 50 256
CRW_00358 0.39 0.40 0.38 202 1674827 390 57 279 54 305
CRW_00366 0.33 0.33 0.33 157 1579284 361 57 255 49 325
CRW_00371 0.44 0.41 0.46 205 1611467 295 42 196 57 291
CRW_00372 0.41 0.40 0.42 198 1625830 342 48 230 64 300
CRW_00379 0.43 0.42 0.44 223 2126443 372 38 249 85 311
CRW_00386 0.28 0.30 0.27 152 1750697 447 70 337 40 363
CRW_00411 0.39 0.36 0.42 181 1615070 306 41 211 54 315
CRW_00414 0.36 0.37 0.36 181 1665721 382 54 269 59 314
CRW_00466 0.70 0.68 0.73 312 1116336 148 19 98 31 146
CRW_00589 0.33 0.30 0.36 134 1094090 257 24 212 21 311
CRW_00590 0.36 0.35 0.38 157 1119345 281 41 213 27 295
CRW_00591 0.62 0.60 0.65 268 1098489 182 28 118 36 178
CRW_00759 0.31 0.30 0.32 145 1636697 372 51 252 69 336
CRW_00763 0.38 0.32 0.44 144 1215694 231 27 155 49 302
CRW_00772 0.40 0.37 0.44 148 945666 215 18 168 29 256
CRW_00778 0.52 0.45 0.59 174 1201730 163 16 105 42 210
CRW_00789 0.48 0.44 0.53 196 1137416 209 14 160 35 251
CRW_00795 0.35 0.33 0.38 131 1152575 263 22 193 48 263
CRW_00800 0.57 0.54 0.60 253 1401550 230 21 151 58 217
CRW_00849 0.57 0.56 0.57 265 1117797 226 19 179 28 205
CRW_00997 0.62 0.60 0.64 280 1135838 187 19 141 27 184
CRW_01153 0.39 0.39 0.40 194 1606043 347 52 239 56 309
CRW_01171 0.45 0.44 0.47 221 1593534 302 49 201 52 285
CRW_01343 0.46 0.44 0.48 189 977509 217 30 173 14 245
PDB_00703 0.53 0.50 0.56 246 1073403 229 19 177 33 249
PDB_00854 0.50 0.49 0.52 264 1500266 296 25 223 48 271
PDB_01088 0.46 0.43 0.49 236 1470988 271 34 212 25 311
PDB_01103 0.55 0.54 0.56 301 1605989 279 31 207 41 261
PDB_01105 0.58 0.56 0.60 303 1433467 242 16 185 41 237
PDB_01120 0.49 0.44 0.55 232 1204703 216 20 173 23 295
PDB_01273 0.49 0.47 0.51 232 1117807 258 16 205 37 259

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