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Table 2 Specification of the feature types

From: Comparative evaluation of network features for the prediction of breast cancer metastasis

Name

Details

Gene

Using gene expression without integrating any network information.

CENO

A genes’ expression is based on the average expression of its neighbors only.

CEMEAN

The mean of the expression of a gene and its neighbors.

CEMAX

The maximum of the expression of a gene and its neighbors.

CEMIN

The minimum of the expression of a gene and its neighbors.

CEMED

The median of the expression of a gene and its neighbors.

CEVAR

The variance of the expression of a gene and its neighbors.

CEEdge

Each edge is the summation of the expression of its corresponding genes.

PPINO

A genes’ expression is based on the average expression of its neighbors only.

PPIMEAN

The mean of the expression of a gene and its neighbors.

PPIMAX

The maximum of the expression of a gene and its neighbors.

PPIMIN

The minimum of the expression of a gene and its neighbors.

PPIMED

The median of the expression of a gene and its neighbors.

PPIVAR

The variance of the expression of a gene and its neighbors.

PPIEdge

Each edge is the summation of the expression of its corresponding genes.