BMC Bioinformatics

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Examining the significance of fingerprint-based classifiers

Brian T Luke* and Jack R Collins

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Advanced Biomedical Computing Center, Advanced Technology Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA

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BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9:545 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-545

Published: 17 December 2008

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Decision tree classification accuracy for each dataset. This table lists the classification accuracy (sum of the sensitivity and specificity as percentages) using the decision tree algorithm for the 1st and 200th best classifier as a function of the number of Cases and Controls.

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Medoid classifier algorithm accuracy for each dataset. This table lists the classification accuracy (sum of the sensitivity and specificity as percentages) using the medoid classification algorithm for the 1st and 200th best classifier as a function of the number of Cases and Controls from two runs using five, six, and seven peaks with random intensities.

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