Dempster-Shafer Theory for the Prediction of Auxin-Response Elements (AuxREs) in Plant Genomes

Table 6

Comparison between our method and the other published methods.

	Sn	Sp	PPV	NPV	FPR	FNR	YI	QCY	Χ2	Ref
Data fusion	79	99.91	48.17	99.98	51.83	0.02	0.79	1	36490.3
Clover	69	99.92	47.9	99.97	52.08	0.03	0.69	1	31702.8	[42]
Matrix-Scan	51	99.94	46.36	99.95	53.64	0.05	0.51	1	22661.6	[43]
Patser	63.64	99.92	43.45	99.96	56.55	0.04	0.64	1	27285.9	[43]
FIMO	22	99.97	42.31	99.92	57.69	0.08	0.22	1	8911.9	[44]
PoSSuMsearch	56.41	83.84	40.74	90.71	59.26	9.29	0.4	0.74	30	[45]

Average sensitivities (Sn). Specificity (Sp). Positive Predictive Value (PPV). Negative Predictive Value (NPV). False Positive Rate (FPR). False Negative Rate (FNR). Youden index (YI). Q coefficient of Yule (QCY) and test value (). The best-performing tools. Data fusion and Clover are highlighted in bold.