Table 7.

Parameters values for the simulation of three motif operations.

Operation	TP	FP	Length	Num gaps
Generalization	[25, 50]	5	5	[1, 4]
Specialization	[5, 25]	5	5	[1, 4]
Extension	40	5	[5, 10]	[1, 9]

Three motif operations – generalization, specialization and length extension – are simulated through the generation of motif information with different parameter values. Generalization and specialization are controlled through the true positive rate, with a fixed false positive and fixed number of concrete symbols (length). Extension is controlled by the length parameter. The number of gaps is calculated for the respective range and proportionally to the length of the motif.