Research Article

A Systematic Evaluation of Feature Selection and Classification Algorithms Using Simulated and Real miRNA Sequencing Data

Table 3

Sensitivity and specificity of the seven algorithms in different settingsa.

ScenariobaySeqDESeqedgeRLassoRank sumPSODTRF
BonbBonbBonbBonb

s2n
A10.68/1.000.16/1.000.97/0.960.43/1.000.99/0.930.68/1.000.62/0.990.92/0.950.16/1.000.10/0.990.60/1.00
A20.74/1.000.18/1.000.97/0.960.37/1.000.98/0.920.63/1.000.49/0.990.92/0.950.16/1.000.11/0.950.70/0.98
A30.77/1.000.19/1.000.95/0.940.32/1.000.98/0.910.57/1.000.32/1.000.92/0.950.16/1.000.14/0.900.71/0.97
A40.77/1.000.17/1.000.93/0.930.27/1.000.96/0.890.50/1.000.23/1.000.92/0.950.16/1.000.18/0.860.70/0.95
A50.76/1.000.16/1.000.90/0.900.22/1.000.95/0.860.43/1.000.18/1.000.18/1.000.92/0.950.17/1.000.70/0.93

Mean of significant variables
B10.05/1.000.00/1.000.41/0.950.01/1.000.52/0.920.04/1.000.13/0.990.40/0.950.01/1.000.12/0.900.33/0.93
B20.45/1.000.03/1.000.81/0.950.12/1.000.88/0.920.27/1.000.30/1.000.77/0.950.05/1.000.13/0.900.57/0.95
B40.91/1.000.41/1.000.99/0.940.53/1.000.99/0.910.78/1.000.32/1.000.97/0.950.31/1.000.14/0.910.79/0.98
B50.96/1.000.62/1.001.00/0.940.66/1.001.00/0.900.90/1.000.32/1.000.99/0.950.45/1.000.14/0.910.83/0.98

Dispersion parameter of significant variables
C11.00/1.000.87/1.001.00/0.920.57/1.001.00/0.890.92/1.000.37/1.001.00/0.950.97/1.000.26/0.950.97/1.00
C20.89/0.990.38/0.940.98/1.000.40/0.940.99/1.000.75/0.970.35/0.931.00/1.000.61/0.960.14/0.900.86/0.90
C40.71/1.000.14/1.000.90/0.950.29/1.000.92/0.920.36/1.000.24/0.990.46/0.950.01/1.000.14/0.900.52/0.95
C50.73/1.000.28/1.000.73/0.960.29/1.000.71/0.930.16/1.000.00/1.000.23/0.950.00/1.000.13/0.900.44/0.94

The conditions where the mean = 20, dispersion parameter = 1, and s2n = 0.1 are the same. Each cell includes the sensitivity and specificity.
Bon indicates a result using the Bonferroni correction.