Table 1

Performance of the different module finding algorithms on the S. cerevisiae osmotic shock data

Solution

No. of modules

Total nodes

Average size

Expression homogeneity

Clustering coefficient

Edge density

No. of connected components

MATISSE

20

2107

105.35

0.361

0.073

0.035

1.00

Co-clustering

19

1991

104.79

0.354

0.035

0.010

89.67

CLICK

20

1988

99.40

0.438

0.030

0.011

77.61

Random connected

20

2107

105.35

0.063

0.050

0.036

1.00

Random

20

2105

105.35

0.033

0.004

0.003

89.78

Numbers in columns 4–8 are averages over all the modules in each solution.

Ulitsky and Shamir BMC Systems Biology 2007 1:8   doi:10.1186/1752-0509-1-8