Methodology Report

How to Group Genes according to Expression Profiles?

Table 3

Estimated mean, standard error, and lower (LB) and upper boundaries (UB) of a 95% confidence interval for the bias for each combination of method ( ) and number of treatments ( ). Means of bias are sorted descending within each level of . True number of clusters: . Clustering algorithm: average linkage.

Mean biasStandard errorLB (95%)UB (95%)

HOPACHm333.002.5632.8033.20
HOPACHc315.432.5615.2315.63
MClust3−4.680.21−6.78−2.58
gDGC3−4.770.21−6.87−2.67
Gap3−5.000.21−5.20−4.80
H3−5.090.21−5.29−4.89
CH3−6.140.21−6.34−5.94
Silh3−6.840.21−7.04−6.64
CCC3−7.230.21−7.43−7.03
CCCm3−7.250.21−7.45−7.05
HOPACHm536.822.5634.7238.92
HOPACHc535.822.5633.7237.92
gDGC5−1.410.21−1.61−1.21
MClust5−2.020.21−2.22−1.82
Gap5−2.840.21−3.04−2.64
CH5−3.110.21−3.31−2.91
H5−3.340.21−3.54−3.14
Silh5−4.070.21−4.27−3.87
CCCm5−6.390.21−6.59−6.19
CCC5−6.390.21−6.59−6.19