Table 1.

AUC values for simulated and dataset analysis

	AUC
Meta-method	2.5%	4%	10%
Fisher	0.996	0.993	0.982
POE with Bss/Wss	0.489	0.490	0.487
POE with IC	0.483	0.492	0.491
GeneMeta	0.861	0.866	0.876
RankProd	0.999	0.998	0.834
Simple	0.998	0.998	0.994
mDEDS	0.998	0.998	0.994

The AUC values for the simulated datasets, for each meta-analysis method. DE genes are simulated at 2.5%, 4% and 10% levels, with half the genes being 'true' DE genes and the other half being 'platform specific' DE genes