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Table 3 List of the methods, stringency (high and low) and evaluation criteria used for both regression and classification

From: A random forest based biomarker discovery and power analysis framework for diagnostics research

RF methods

Stringency

Criteria

Regression

Classification

Simulation

Metabolomics

Lipidomics

Simulation

Lipidomics

Transcriptomics-1

RFE

High

TP/Known

20

1

1

10

0

–

  

FP/Novel

0

5

0

0

0

0

 

Low

TP/Known

29

3

3

29

2

–

  

FP/Novel

19

91

8

201

18

14

Boruta

High

TP/Known

20

3

2

11

2

–

  

FP/Novel

0

43

6

0

24

19

 

Low

TP/Known

29

3

3

29

3

–

  

FP/Novel

1

83

34

9

10

39

Permutation (Raw)

High

TP/Known

29

2

2

19

2

–

  

FP/Novel

0

24

7

0

10

0

 

Low

TP/Known

29

3

3

29

3

–

  

FP/Novel

98

68

47

465

35

132

Permutation (Corrected)

High

TP/Known

21

2

1

11

2

–

  

FP/Novel

0

1

0

0

6

0

 

Low

TP/Known

29

3

3

29

3

–

  

FP/Novel

8

48

26

110

46

66

  1. Evaluation criteria are formed by the number of the features identified by each method vs. the known features that are already reported or simulated in the model