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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 ProbKnot - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

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


Overview

Metric RNAalifold(seed) ProbKnot
MCC 0.744 > 0.427
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.742 ± 0.039 > 0.427 ± 0.028
Sensitivity 0.678 > 0.419
Positive Predictive Value 0.818 > 0.435
Total TP 21759 > 13460
Total TN 85766748 > 85762436
Total FP 5870 < 19717
Total FP CONTRA 1107 < 2776
Total FP INCONS 3750 < 14692
Total FP COMP 1013 < 2249
Total FN 10343 < 18642
P-value 3.56938820447e-08

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Performance plots


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

  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 ProbKnot).

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

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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 ProbKnot - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

1. Total counts & total scores for ProbKnot

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 13460
Total TN 85762436
Total FP 19717
Total FP CONTRA 2776
Total FP INCONS 14692
Total FP COMP 2249
Total FN 18642
Total Scores
MCC 0.427
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.427 ± 0.028
Sensitivity 0.419
Positive Predictive Value 0.435
Nr of predictions 68

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

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
CRW_00024 0.69 0.68 0.70 312 1085154 184 22 113 49 146
CRW_00034 0.65 0.64 0.66 305 1141852 193 33 126 34 169
CRW_00048 0.48 0.46 0.51 215 1170796 225 31 173 21 255
CRW_00054 0.42 0.41 0.43 186 1107383 267 27 220 20 270
CRW_00059 0.50 0.48 0.52 225 1172311 230 27 183 20 248
CRW_00061 0.43 0.42 0.44 201 1181493 284 39 220 25 275
CRW_00068 0.45 0.43 0.47 198 1108880 243 33 194 16 259
CRW_00096 0.49 0.48 0.50 222 1178435 246 25 198 23 243
CRW_00140 0.41 0.40 0.41 185 1135829 286 31 233 22 278
CRW_00141 0.54 0.52 0.55 248 1201576 229 30 171 28 228
CRW_00150 0.44 0.42 0.45 198 1152481 263 27 215 21 268
CRW_00152 0.58 0.56 0.60 265 1179971 202 39 141 22 206
CRW_00166 0.42 0.41 0.44 190 1190764 263 30 212 21 278
CRW_00173 0.27 0.26 0.27 115 1082237 320 30 274 16 330
CRW_00177 0.48 0.46 0.51 219 1178447 241 25 189 27 254
CRW_00196 0.49 0.48 0.50 229 1207778 250 33 195 22 246
CRW_00230 0.56 0.53 0.59 255 1198497 206 24 150 32 223
CRW_00245 0.40 0.40 0.41 179 1105891 278 32 226 20 274
CRW_00248 0.52 0.52 0.53 250 1218666 257 31 194 32 234
CRW_00250 0.50 0.50 0.50 238 1198447 265 46 195 24 240
CRW_00256 0.40 0.40 0.41 185 1192284 296 39 232 25 283
CRW_00270 0.53 0.53 0.54 241 1111840 228 28 177 23 214
CRW_00271 0.35 0.33 0.36 154 1122325 292 38 234 20 308
CRW_00273 0.43 0.41 0.45 183 1085197 235 32 189 14 263
CRW_00275 0.60 0.58 0.61 266 1114835 193 26 144 23 191
CRW_00277 0.36 0.35 0.37 157 1110374 282 40 224 18 296
CRW_00278 0.38 0.36 0.40 162 1129847 266 32 215 19 288
CRW_00279 0.54 0.52 0.57 243 1179987 211 33 153 25 221
CRW_00280 0.36 0.35 0.38 158 1117841 277 40 221 16 295
CRW_00281 0.58 0.56 0.59 260 1144904 208 25 152 31 204
CRW_00283 0.37 0.38 0.37 162 1015591 302 49 223 30 270
CRW_00284 0.37 0.35 0.40 159 1131362 267 28 211 28 297
CRW_00285 0.55 0.53 0.56 244 1117827 214 31 158 25 214
CRW_00289 0.49 0.48 0.50 228 1189195 264 43 187 34 248
CRW_00292 0.35 0.34 0.36 157 1123815 302 48 230 24 304
CRW_00306 0.18 0.19 0.18 86 1445359 473 69 336 68 376
CRW_00326 0.40 0.41 0.40 207 1627588 371 65 250 56 295
CRW_00358 0.40 0.40 0.39 202 1674852 365 59 252 54 305
CRW_00366 0.26 0.27 0.25 130 1579227 438 85 311 42 352
CRW_00371 0.39 0.39 0.40 191 1611430 345 53 236 56 305
CRW_00372 0.27 0.27 0.26 136 1625786 435 79 305 51 362
CRW_00379 0.42 0.43 0.41 229 2126396 414 75 253 86 305
CRW_00386 0.26 0.27 0.25 138 1750696 459 82 340 37 377
CRW_00411 0.34 0.35 0.33 172 1614983 394 81 267 46 324
CRW_00414 0.29 0.30 0.29 149 1665709 429 66 301 62 346
CRW_00466 0.60 0.59 0.60 272 1116312 211 33 148 30 186
CRW_00589 0.31 0.30 0.32 135 1094033 316 46 246 24 310
CRW_00590 0.41 0.39 0.43 176 1119350 259 29 201 29 276
CRW_00591 0.44 0.44 0.44 198 1098453 275 46 206 23 248
CRW_00759 0.31 0.31 0.30 151 1636639 423 69 286 68 330
CRW_00763 0.20 0.20 0.20 90 1215575 395 47 308 40 356
CRW_00772 0.22 0.22 0.22 90 945593 335 34 283 18 314
CRW_00778 0.29 0.29 0.28 112 1201627 335 46 240 49 272
CRW_00789 0.36 0.36 0.37 163 1137340 312 43 240 29 284
CRW_00795 0.34 0.34 0.33 135 1152513 326 45 228 53 259
CRW_00800 0.52 0.49 0.54 231 1401550 267 31 163 73 239
CRW_00849 0.57 0.56 0.58 263 1117810 226 18 169 39 207
CRW_00997 0.44 0.42 0.46 197 1135851 249 39 191 19 267
CRW_01153 0.29 0.30 0.28 150 1605991 434 63 324 47 353
CRW_01171 0.33 0.33 0.33 168 1593497 395 62 278 55 338
CRW_01343 0.37 0.36 0.38 158 977480 279 40 223 16 276
PDB_00703 0.56 0.51 0.61 253 1073430 187 22 140 25 242
PDB_00854 0.56 0.54 0.58 288 1500280 260 33 177 50 247
PDB_01088 0.33 0.32 0.34 175 1470956 367 49 290 28 372
PDB_01103 0.61 0.58 0.64 324 1606022 220 26 156 38 238
PDB_01105 0.57 0.53 0.62 286 1433506 213 32 147 34 254
PDB_01120 0.43 0.40 0.47 211 1204677 265 29 211 25 316
PDB_01273 0.43 0.41 0.45 200 1117813 276 33 214 29 291

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