Table 4

Performance on simulated data for scenario I

Parameters
Rules
q
R
CI95
O11
O1+
O+1
FP (%)
TP (%)
FN (%)
TN (%)
Global error

Independence case: n = 3000, common = 0, DE1 = 1000, DE2 = 800












     Independence: signal to noise

0.55
1*
0.98-1.02
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,000 (100.0)
0
     ratio = 0.4

























A: n = 3000, common = 700, DE1 = 1000, DE2 = 800












     Case A1: signal to noise ratio = 9.6
Max
0.01
2.60
2.50-2.72
619
975
730
4 (0.2)
615 (87.8)
85 (12.2)
2,296 (99.8)
89

Double
0.06
2.04
1.97-2.19
676
1,095
877
29 (1.3)
647 (92.4)
53 (7.6)
2,271 (98.7)
82












Min§ = 81
     Case A2: signal to noise ratio = 1.6
Max
0.01
4.72
4.19-5.29
86
346
157
1 (0.0)
85 (12.1)
615 (87.9)
2,299 (100.0)
616

Double
0.08
2.01
1.90-2.20
212
677
459
28 (1.2)
184 (26.3)
516 (73.7)
2,272 (98.8)
544












Min§ = 535













B: n = 3000, common = 200, DE1 = 700, DE2 = 500












     Case B1: signal to noise ratio = 9.6
Max
0.01
1.72
1.58-1.86
185
691
467
8 (0.3)
177 (88.5)
23 (11.5)
2,792 (99.7)
31












Min§ = 31
     Case B2: signal to noise ratio = 1.6
Max
0.01
2.98
2.38-3.71
36
250
145
3 (0.1)
33 (16.7)
167 (83.3)
2,797 (99.9)
170

Double
0.03
2.03
1.67-2.40
57
355
236
11 (0.4)
46 (23.0)
154 (77.1)
2,789 (99.6)
165












Min§ = 165













C: n = 3000, common = 100, DE1 = 500, DE2 = 400












     Case C1: signal to noise ratio = 9.6
Max
0.01
1.48
1.30-1.67
95
500
383
7 (0.2)
88 (88.4)
12 (11.6)
2,893 (99.8)
19












Min§ = 19
     Case C2: signal to noise ratio = 1.6
Max
0.01
2.93
2.16-3.83
20
214
96
3 (0.1)
17 (16.6)
83 (83.4)
2,897 (99.9)
86

Double
0.02
2.16
1.63-2.81
26
262
134
5 (0.2)
21 (21.0)
79 (79.0)
2,895 (99.8)
84












Min§ = 84

Average simulation results: we show the results from the joint model on one case of simulated data for independent experiments and six cases of simulated data for two associated experiments. The simulation scenario consists of four groups of genes: differentially expressed DE in both experiments, differentially expressed in only one experiment (DE1 and DE2 respectively), and differentially expressed in neither experiment. For the Independence case, the number of genes differentially expressed in both experiments was set to 0. We present two decision rules: the threshold associated with the maximum R(q) is qmax and the threshold associated with the R(q) ≥ 2 is q2 (called 'double' in the table). We define qmax = arg max{Median(R(q) | O, n) over the set of values of q for which CI95(q) excludes 1} and q2 = max{over the set of values of q for which CI95(q) excludes 1 and Median(R(q) | O, n) ≥ 2}. We averaged the results over 50 repeats for each case. *In case of independence it is still possible to calculate he maximum of R(q), but it is not significant, so there is no associated list of common genes. All the CIs contain 1, so no genes are called in common; thus, there are no FP. The signal to ratio is calculated as E(Ga(shape, 1/scale))/(r1/2 + r2/2). §Minimum global error (observed). There is no ratio larger than 2 and only the maximum rule has been reported.

Blangiardo and Richardson Genome Biology 2007 8:R54   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-4-r54