Research Article

NucVoter: A Voting Algorithm for Reliable Nucleosome Prediction Using Next-Generation Sequencing Data

Table 2

Accuracy of the nucleosomal and linker locations predicted by the indicated methods. The number in parentheses is the value of the paired   -test, where the alternative hypothesis is that the accuracy of NucVoter is greater than that of the indicated method.

MethodSensitivitySpecificityOverall accuracy

NucVoter94.25%94.00%94.22%
GeneTrack92.95% 75.34% (<2.2e − 16)90.73% (<2.2e − 16)
NSeq87.89% 94.61% (1.0)88.73%
TemplateFilter84.12% (<2.2e − 16)79.58% (<2.2e − 16)83.55% (<2.2e − 16)