Table 1

Ranking of each clustering algorithm across all comparative validation cases

Dataset

Validation case

FLAME

Hierarchical

K-Means

F-SOM

FCM

RPBM

2-Norm FOM

1

5

4

2

3

Range FOM

2

1

5

4

3

Partition Index

2

1

5

4

3

HR

2-Norm FOM*

5

1

4

2

3

Range FOM*

2

1

4

5

3

Partition Index

1

4

5

2

3

CAVA

2

1

3

4

5

Spreading Index

2

1

3

5

4

YCC

2-Norm FOM*

4

5

3

1

2

Range FOM*

2

1

3

4

5

Partition Index

1

5

4

2

3

CAVA

1

2

5

3

4

Spreading Index

1

2

4

3

5

MT

Partition Index

1

5

4

2

3

CAVA

1

2

5

3

4

Spreading Index

1

2

3

4

5

* Reduced versions of the datasets were used for these FOM analyses, due to excessive computation time required for the full-sized dataset (See Methods).

Fu and Medico BMC Bioinformatics 2007 8:3   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-8-3