Table 1.

Comparison of biological coherence of clusters obtained for dataset I by different clustering algorithms

			Proportion of Genes (%) in Clusters of p-values
		Average Correlation	<= 10-4	<= 10-3
(Clustering Method)	EP_GOS_Clust	0.617	32.8*	64.9*
	Iterated EP_GOS_Clust	0.685*	> 69*	> 90*
	KMedians	0.615	30.8	62.2*
	KCityBlk	0.398	27.5	56.7
	KCorr	0.630*	32.6*	60.1
	KMeans	0.614	25.1	55.2
	KAvePair	0.567	25.2	54.4
	QTClust	0.572	31.1	56.9
	SOTA	0.604	30.2	58.9
	SOM	0.623*	30.5	59.2

Shown are the comparative biological coherence formed by various clustering methods on dataset I. The 2 shaded rows represent clustering done by the standalone EP_GOS_Clust backbone and the proposed iterative approach.

* The top three performers in each category are indicated with an asterisk.