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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 Sfold - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

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


Overview

Metric RNAalifold(seed) Sfold
MCC 0.744 > 0.480
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.742 ± 0.039 > 0.479 ± 0.031
Sensitivity 0.678 > 0.422
Positive Predictive Value 0.818 > 0.545
Total TP 21759 > 13563
Total TN 85766748 < 85768490
Total FP 5870 < 13012
Total FP CONTRA 1107 < 1686
Total FP INCONS 3750 < 9625
Total FP COMP 1013 < 1701
Total FN 10343 < 18539
P-value 3.56938820447e-08

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Performance plots


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

  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 Sfold).

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

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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 Sfold - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

1. Total counts & total scores for Sfold

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 13563
Total TN 85768490
Total FP 13012
Total FP CONTRA 1686
Total FP INCONS 9625
Total FP COMP 1701
Total FN 18539
Total Scores
MCC 0.480
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.479 ± 0.031
Sensitivity 0.422
Positive Predictive Value 0.545
Nr of predictions 68

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

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
CRW_00024 0.80 0.77 0.83 352 1085176 112 13 60 39 106
CRW_00034 0.65 0.64 0.66 304 1141856 180 27 129 24 170
CRW_00048 0.50 0.45 0.54 213 1170824 198 17 161 20 257
CRW_00054 0.48 0.43 0.54 195 1107453 185 23 145 17 261
CRW_00059 0.54 0.49 0.60 232 1172361 169 19 134 16 241
CRW_00061 0.49 0.45 0.54 215 1181555 193 31 152 10 261
CRW_00068 0.48 0.43 0.53 196 1108938 184 19 152 13 261
CRW_00096 0.59 0.55 0.63 258 1178469 180 16 137 27 207
CRW_00140 0.66 0.60 0.73 280 1135893 125 10 95 20 183
CRW_00141 0.63 0.57 0.70 272 1201636 139 16 101 22 204
CRW_00150 0.40 0.37 0.44 171 1152531 233 30 189 14 295
CRW_00152 0.67 0.61 0.74 287 1180029 118 21 79 18 184
CRW_00166 0.54 0.47 0.61 221 1190832 160 15 128 17 247
CRW_00173 0.36 0.32 0.39 144 1082291 233 16 205 12 301
CRW_00177 0.45 0.41 0.50 195 1178491 206 27 167 12 278
CRW_00196 0.47 0.44 0.50 210 1207811 232 23 191 18 265
CRW_00230 0.61 0.53 0.70 254 1198565 129 7 100 22 224
CRW_00245 0.54 0.45 0.66 202 1106023 115 16 87 12 251
CRW_00248 0.58 0.57 0.59 274 1218677 223 21 169 33 210
CRW_00250 0.50 0.46 0.54 221 1198516 206 28 161 17 257
CRW_00256 0.37 0.33 0.42 155 1192370 232 35 180 17 313
CRW_00270 0.48 0.39 0.59 178 1111985 137 19 104 14 277
CRW_00271 0.49 0.43 0.57 198 1122402 170 32 119 19 264
CRW_00273 0.55 0.50 0.61 224 1085232 162 22 123 17 222
CRW_00275 0.58 0.47 0.73 213 1114978 98 14 66 18 244
CRW_00277 0.40 0.30 0.54 136 1110544 127 18 97 12 317
CRW_00278 0.51 0.37 0.70 166 1130018 88 6 66 16 284
CRW_00279 0.61 0.54 0.69 252 1180052 131 20 92 19 212
CRW_00280 0.60 0.55 0.66 250 1117881 149 21 108 20 203
CRW_00281 0.68 0.60 0.77 279 1144977 109 11 74 24 185
CRW_00283 0.31 0.24 0.40 102 1015772 167 19 132 16 330
CRW_00284 0.42 0.33 0.53 149 1131480 147 20 111 16 307
CRW_00285 0.77 0.71 0.83 326 1117866 94 16 52 26 132
CRW_00289 0.59 0.51 0.68 241 1189298 141 19 95 27 235
CRW_00292 0.36 0.31 0.41 142 1123904 219 35 169 15 319
CRW_00306 0.21 0.19 0.24 88 1445476 332 57 229 46 374
CRW_00326 0.46 0.37 0.56 187 1627778 175 32 113 30 315
CRW_00358 0.38 0.33 0.43 166 1674980 241 44 175 22 341
CRW_00366 0.36 0.35 0.36 169 1579286 334 74 224 36 313
CRW_00371 0.38 0.34 0.42 171 1611504 271 50 185 36 325
CRW_00372 0.39 0.35 0.45 172 1625925 245 34 175 36 326
CRW_00379 0.44 0.34 0.58 183 2126636 205 17 117 71 351
CRW_00386 0.29 0.27 0.31 138 1750806 345 60 252 33 377
CRW_00411 0.39 0.32 0.47 157 1615171 217 28 147 42 339
CRW_00414 0.33 0.29 0.38 146 1665840 278 40 199 39 349
CRW_00466 0.57 0.54 0.61 247 1116358 185 18 142 25 211
CRW_00589 0.31 0.26 0.36 116 1094139 220 19 186 15 329
CRW_00590 0.58 0.40 0.84 179 1119542 50 5 30 15 273
CRW_00591 0.60 0.56 0.65 248 1098523 153 22 110 21 198
CRW_00759 0.23 0.22 0.25 105 1636722 354 42 276 36 376
CRW_00763 0.33 0.28 0.40 124 1215709 234 16 171 47 322
CRW_00772 0.30 0.27 0.34 108 945681 233 27 184 22 296
CRW_00778 0.42 0.29 0.62 111 1201847 113 3 64 46 273
CRW_00789 0.40 0.34 0.46 152 1137458 193 30 146 17 295
CRW_00795 0.19 0.17 0.20 68 1152586 311 44 223 44 326
CRW_00800 0.52 0.46 0.59 215 1401613 204 32 115 57 255
CRW_00849 0.50 0.48 0.52 227 1117826 230 18 189 23 243
CRW_00997 0.59 0.52 0.66 241 1135913 144 19 105 20 223
CRW_01153 0.37 0.30 0.45 152 1606193 221 35 148 38 351
CRW_01171 0.33 0.29 0.38 149 1593608 285 55 193 37 357
CRW_01343 0.37 0.34 0.41 147 977541 224 31 182 11 287
PDB_00703 0.52 0.46 0.58 229 1073451 189 12 153 24 266
PDB_00854 0.54 0.49 0.60 263 1500337 220 22 156 42 272
PDB_01088 0.38 0.32 0.47 173 1471098 222 33 166 23 374
PDB_01103 0.56 0.50 0.63 280 1606082 191 20 146 25 282
PDB_01105 0.60 0.53 0.67 288 1433540 169 14 129 26 252
PDB_01120 0.55 0.44 0.70 230 1204799 110 12 87 11 297
PDB_01273 0.50 0.46 0.54 227 1117836 223 19 178 26 264

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