Table 1.

Pearson's correlation coefficients (± standard deviation) between the true values and MED-predicted values of expression levels (E), motif binding strengths (M) and TF activities (A)

Noise level (%)	E	M	M ratio (within-column)a	M ratio (between-column)b	A	A ratio (within-row)c	A ratio (between-row)d
0	1.000 ± 0.000	0.120 ± 0.997	0.998	0.289	0.120 ± 0.997	0.996	−0.044
5	0.997 ± 0.001	0.179 ± 0.988	0.986	−0.028	0.179 ± 0.988	0.992	0.200
10	0.991 ± 0.005	0.119 ± 0.997	0.988	0.101	0.119 ± 0.997	0.964	0.020
20	0.962 ± 0.026	0.119 ± 0.996	0.942	0.004	0.119 ± 0.995	0.930	0.048
30	0.929 ± 0.036	0.199 ± 0.981	0.904	0.081	0.199 ± 0.981	0.862	−0.045
40	0.872 ± 0.063	0.059 ± 0.997	0.848	−0.028	0.059 ± 0.995	0.771	0.103
50	0.834 ± 0.067	0.178 ± 0.979	0.812	−0.031	0.179 ± 0.977	0.714	0.110
100	0.606 ± 0.099	0.300 ± 0.890	0.587	0.064	0.303 ± 0.893	0.435	0.170

Note: The simulated expression data are from 300 conditions.

^aRelative binding strengths of the same motif in two genes.

^bRelative binding strengths of two different motifs.

^cRelative activities of the same TF under two different conditions.

^dRelative activities of two different TFs.