TABLE 1.

TargetBoost is the most stable algorithm

Algorithm	let-7	lin-4	miR-13a	bantam	All
TargetBoost	0.997	0.944	0.972	0.998	0.979
RNAhybrid	0.989	0.931	0.979	0.991	0.967
Nucleus	0.988	0.962	0.928	0.998	0.973

ROC-scores that are not significantly different from the highest score on a particular miRNA are in boldface (90% confidence level; see Materials and Methods for details on each algorithm).