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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 MXScarna(seed) - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

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


Overview

Metric RNAalifold(seed) MXScarna(seed)
MCC 0.763 > 0.659
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.761 ± 0.037 > 0.662 ± 0.026
Sensitivity 0.699 > 0.589
Positive Predictive Value 0.833 > 0.738
Total TP 21025 > 17728
Total TN 79087088 < 79088306
Total FP 5185 < 8922
Total FP CONTRA 983 > 930
Total FP INCONS 3231 < 5363
Total FP COMP 971 < 2629
Total FN 9055 < 12352
P-value 3.56938820447e-08

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Performance plots


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

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

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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 21025
Total TN 79087088
Total FP 5185
Total FP CONTRA 983
Total FP INCONS 3231
Total FP COMP 971
Total FN 9055
Total Scores
MCC 0.763
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.761 ± 0.037
Sensitivity 0.699
Positive Predictive Value 0.833
Nr of predictions 64

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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_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_00379 0.40 0.32 0.50 169 2126616 180 32 136 12 365
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 MXScarna(seed) - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

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

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 17728
Total TN 79088306
Total FP 8922
Total FP CONTRA 930
Total FP INCONS 5363
Total FP COMP 2629
Total FN 12352
Total Scores
MCC 0.659
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.662 ± 0.026
Sensitivity 0.589
Positive Predictive Value 0.738
Nr of predictions 64

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

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
CRW_00024 0.83 0.81 0.86 369 1085172 112 11 49 52 89
CRW_00034 0.68 0.60 0.78 285 1141950 117 9 72 36 189
CRW_00048 0.74 0.68 0.82 318 1170827 101 10 60 31 152
CRW_00054 0.73 0.66 0.81 302 1107443 101 13 58 30 154
CRW_00059 0.72 0.64 0.81 305 1172369 105 12 60 33 168
CRW_00061 0.73 0.66 0.81 312 1181569 104 11 61 32 164
CRW_00068 0.74 0.67 0.82 305 1108933 99 12 55 32 152
CRW_00096 0.72 0.65 0.81 301 1178507 110 5 67 38 164
CRW_00140 0.73 0.66 0.81 304 1135902 106 11 61 34 159
CRW_00141 0.73 0.66 0.82 312 1201645 103 12 56 35 164
CRW_00150 0.72 0.64 0.81 300 1152549 106 11 61 34 166
CRW_00152 0.74 0.68 0.82 319 1180025 107 12 60 35 152
CRW_00166 0.73 0.65 0.82 305 1190824 106 6 61 39 163
CRW_00173 0.65 0.59 0.72 264 1082289 130 14 89 27 181
CRW_00177 0.68 0.61 0.77 287 1178505 117 12 76 29 186
CRW_00196 0.76 0.69 0.83 327 1207841 102 11 56 35 148
CRW_00230 0.75 0.67 0.83 321 1198539 99 12 54 33 157
CRW_00245 0.73 0.66 0.81 299 1105958 104 12 59 33 154
CRW_00248 0.72 0.64 0.81 311 1218757 105 11 62 32 173
CRW_00250 0.71 0.64 0.78 307 1198533 120 11 75 34 171
CRW_00256 0.74 0.66 0.82 311 1192362 98 11 56 31 157
CRW_00270 0.74 0.67 0.82 304 1111915 100 11 56 33 151
CRW_00271 0.71 0.64 0.80 295 1122381 105 12 63 30 167
CRW_00273 0.72 0.65 0.80 290 1085237 110 10 64 36 156
CRW_00275 0.74 0.67 0.82 306 1114897 103 10 58 35 151
CRW_00277 0.73 0.66 0.80 300 1110421 108 12 62 34 153
CRW_00278 0.68 0.60 0.78 271 1129907 113 9 69 35 179
CRW_00279 0.72 0.64 0.81 299 1180047 107 10 60 37 165
CRW_00280 0.70 0.63 0.79 284 1117899 114 10 67 37 169
CRW_00281 0.73 0.66 0.82 305 1144968 102 10 58 34 159
CRW_00283 0.63 0.56 0.71 242 1015684 127 13 86 28 190
CRW_00284 0.73 0.65 0.81 297 1131394 104 10 59 35 159
CRW_00285 0.71 0.64 0.79 294 1117886 113 13 67 33 164
CRW_00289 0.68 0.60 0.77 287 1189280 118 12 74 32 189
CRW_00292 0.62 0.53 0.71 245 1123906 126 12 87 27 216
CRW_00306 0.42 0.39 0.46 181 1445456 267 46 167 54 281
CRW_00366 0.48 0.45 0.51 215 1579331 275 41 166 68 267
CRW_00371 0.50 0.47 0.53 232 1611469 276 42 167 67 264
CRW_00379 0.36 0.32 0.41 170 2126540 318 50 193 75 364
CRW_00411 0.49 0.47 0.52 231 1615062 273 41 169 63 265
CRW_00414 0.46 0.43 0.49 213 1665792 286 43 177 66 282
CRW_00466 0.74 0.66 0.82 304 1116392 101 11 58 32 154
CRW_00589 0.70 0.63 0.79 279 1094105 117 6 70 41 166
CRW_00590 0.73 0.65 0.82 294 1119399 104 6 57 41 158
CRW_00591 0.74 0.66 0.82 294 1098545 110 6 58 46 152
CRW_00759 0.45 0.42 0.48 201 1636722 295 39 183 73 280
CRW_00763 0.68 0.59 0.78 262 1215683 119 6 69 44 184
CRW_00772 0.63 0.55 0.72 223 945690 133 6 81 46 181
CRW_00778 0.63 0.55 0.73 212 1201733 150 4 76 70 172
CRW_00789 0.71 0.63 0.80 280 1137437 111 7 62 42 167
CRW_00795 0.63 0.55 0.72 216 1152623 164 8 74 82 178
CRW_00800 0.34 0.29 0.39 137 1401627 256 36 175 45 333
CRW_00849 0.67 0.59 0.76 279 1117895 114 13 73 28 191
CRW_00997 0.72 0.65 0.80 301 1135902 107 11 64 32 163
CRW_01153 0.47 0.44 0.50 221 1606085 276 37 185 54 282
CRW_01171 0.49 0.46 0.53 231 1593565 264 35 174 55 275
CRW_01343 0.73 0.68 0.78 294 977526 128 10 71 47 140
PDB_00703 0.66 0.56 0.77 278 1073486 114 9 72 33 217
PDB_00854 0.63 0.52 0.77 280 1500414 135 2 82 51 255
PDB_01088 0.61 0.49 0.76 269 1471116 131 6 79 46 278
PDB_01103 0.57 0.47 0.69 263 1606145 154 8 112 34 299
PDB_01105 0.66 0.55 0.80 299 1433595 117 1 76 40 241
PDB_01120 0.66 0.56 0.79 296 1204752 112 8 72 32 231
PDB_01273 0.69 0.59 0.80 290 1117898 113 9 63 41 201

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