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. 2014 Aug 1;4:5918. doi: 10.1038/srep05918

Table 2. Sensitivity and specificity, as a measure of performance of eLasso. Data is simulated under various conditions (ssize, nnodes, connectedness (p (probability of a connection), pa (preferential attachment), pr (probability of rewiring)) when the AND-rule and γ = .25 is applied. For networks with 100 nodes, deviating levels of connectedness are displayed between brackets. Results of applying eLasso with the OR-rule and γ = 0 are displayed between brackets.

      Random Scale-free Small world
ssize nnodes   p = .1(.05) p = .2(.10) p = .3(.15) pa = 1 pa = 2(1.25) pa = 3(1.5) pr = .1 pr = .5 pr = 1
100 10 SEN 0.256 (0.348) 0.241 (0.395) 0.229 (0.409) 0.221 (0.363) 0.184 (0.380) 0.172 (0.397) 0.253 (0.458) 0.257 (0.412) 0.260 (0.434)
    SPE 0.997 (0.968) 0.996 (0.950) 0.991 (0.929) 0.997 (0.953) 0.994 (0.958) 0.997 (0.969) 0.989 (0.893) 0.988 (0.912) 0.987 (0.907)
  20 SEN 0.183 (0.324) 0.166 (0.339) 0.173 (0.339) 0.168 (0.315) 0.104 (0.288) 0.074 (0.305) 0.188 (0.359) 0.189 (0.349) 0.168 (0.342)
    SPE 0.998 (0.976) 0.997 (0.961) 0.991 (0.933) 0.998 (0.978) 0.998 (0.986) 0.999 (0.987) 0.997 (0.960) 0.995 (0.962) 0.997 (0.958)
  30 SEN 0.146 (0.295) 0.128 (0.307) 0.118 (0.242) 0.146 (0.269) 0.064 (0.186) 0.044 (0.126) 0.160 (0.328) 0.147 (0.287) 0.144 (0.305)
    SPE 0.999 (0.982) 0.996 (0.956) 0.982 (0.922) 0.999 (0.986) 0.999 (0.99) 0.999 (0.991) 0.999 (0.976) 0.999 (0.978) 0.999 (0.976)
  100 SEN 0.080 (0.186) 0.056 (0.132) 0.031 (0.134) 0.081 (0.185) 0.067 (0.139) 0.040 (0.085) 0.121 (0.238) 0.087 (0.205) 0.092 (0.195)
    SPE 1.000 (0.995) 0.990 (0.962) 0.983 (0.904) 1.000 (0.997) 1.0000 (0.997) 1.000 (0.998) 1.000 (0.995) 1.000 (0.995) 1.000 (0.995)
500 10 SEN 0.550 (0.649) 0.551 (0.672) 0.617 (0.704) 0.561 (0.687) 0.501 (0.713) 0.499 (0.734) 0.650 (0.726) 0.628 (0.765) 0.623 (0.757)
    SPE 0.998 (0.975) 0.993 (0.945) 0.982 (0.922) 0.996 (0.957) 0.997 (0.958) 0.995 (0.966) 0.953 (0.879) 0.964 (0.869) 0.964 (0.862)
  20 SEN 0.539 (0.633) 0.537 (0.678) 0.527 (0.643) 0.492 (0.613) 0.364 (0.619) 0.302 (0.557) 0.569 (0.691) 0.538 (0.665) 0.538 (0.676)
    SPE 0.998 (0.976) 0.989 (0.944) 0.971 (0.904) 0.998 (0.980) 0.999 (0.985) 0.999 (0.990) 0.992 (0.945) 0.989 (0.945) 0.990 (0.945)
  30 SEN 0.508 (0.637) 0.498 (0.620) 0.298 (0.470) 0.461 (0.598) 0.260 (0.465) 0.247 (0.391) 0.536 (0.662) 0.505 (0.639) 0.504 (0.628)
    SPE 0.997 (0.977) 0.984 (0.939) 0.964 (0.879) 0.999 (0.985) 0.999 (0.992) 0.999 (0.994) 0.996 (0.969) 0.996 (0.965) 0.995 (0.965)
  100 SEN 0.416 (0.537) 0.189 (0.336) 0.091 (0.164) 0.372 (0.498) 0.311 (0.420) 0.174 (0.289) 0.481 (0.600) 0.433 (0.554) 0.428 (0.558)
    SPE 0.999 (0.989) 0.982 (0.932) 0.964 (0.913) 1.000 (0.996) 1.000 (0.997) 1.000 (0.998) 0.999 (0.992) 0.999 (0.992) 0.999 (0.992)
1000 10 SEN 0.726 (0.794) 0.671 (0.752) 0.710 (0.783) 0.662 (0.756) 0.620 (0.781) 0.622 (0.818) 0.738 (0.814) 0.751 (0.814) 0.758 (0.820)
    SPE 0.998 (0.974) 0.993 (0.950) 0.979 (0.921) 0.994 (0.952) 0.992 (0.966) 0.995 (0.974) 0.954 (0.862) 0.957 (0.867) 0.956 (0.869)
  20 SEN 0.666 (0.752) 0.665 (0.784) 0.630 (0.770) 0.599 (0.736) 0.533 (0.699) 0.431 (0.709) 0.680 (0.776) 0.664 (0.764) 0.681 (0.772)
    SPE 0.998 (0.976) 0.987 (0.936) 0.968 (0.886) 0.998 (0.977) 0.999 (0.984) 0.999 (0.987) 0.991 (0.946) 0.990 (0.938) 0.988 (0.938)
  30 SEN 0.658 (0.736) 0.603 (0.710) 0.420 (0.583) 0.578 (0.699) 0.389 (0.566) 0.340 (0.545) 0.669 (0.752) 0.663 (0.738) 0.661 (0.740)
    SPE 0.996 (0.974) 0.982 (0.931) 0.956 (0.870) 0.999 (0.985) 0.999 (0.991) 0.999 (0.993) 0.995 (0.966) 0.993 (0.963) 0.994 (0.961)
  100 SEN 0.572 (0.671) 0.286 (0.427) 0.125 (0.199) 0.519 (0.624) 0.409 (0.544) 0.284 (0.351) 0.636 (0.713) 0.579 (0.679) 0.593 (0.680)
    SPE 0.999 (0.987) 0.979 (0.919) 0.957 (0.908) 1.000 (0.996) 1.000 (0.997) 1.000 (0.998) 0.999 (0.991) 0.999 (0.991) 0.999 (0.991)
2000 10 SEN 0.711 (0.808) 0.775 (0.830) 0.810 (0.842) 0.746 (0.842) 0.728 (0.870) 0.712 (0.891) 0.821 (0.880) 0.829 (0.864) 0.822 (0.866)
    SPE 0.996 (0.986) 0.994 (0.951) 0.983 (0.921) 0.996 (0.955) 0.995 (0.967) 0.993 (0.968) 0.956 (0.871) 0.960 (0.873) 0.946 (0.846)
  20 SEN 0.741 (0.804) 0.770 (0.838) 0.754 (0.840) 0.691 (0.805) 0.624 (0.769) 0.566 (0.754) 0.793 (0.837) 0.769 (0.836) 0.762 (0.844)
    SPE 0.997 (0.977) 0.987 (0.942) 0.962 (0.876) 0.998 (0.977) 0.998 (0.984) 0.999 (0.988) 0.988 (0.942) 0.987 (0.936) 0.986 (0.932)
  30 SEN 0.756 (0.808) 0.740 (0.808) 0.529 (0.656) 0.698 (0.807) 0.483 (0.712) 0.430 (0.612) 0.772 (0.837) 0.762 (0.818) 0.754 (0.825)
    SPE 0.996 (0.974) 0.974 (0.917) 0.944 (0.851) 0.999 (0.984) 0.999 (0.990) 0.999 (0.993) 0.994 (0.963) 0.992 (0.961) 0.993 (0.959)
  100 SEN 0.688 (0.767) 0.385 (0.539) 0.160 (0.250) 0.648 (0.736) 0.548 (0.607) 0.349 (0.398) 0.738 (0.793) 0.708 (0.776) 0.703 (0.777)
    SPE 0.998 (0.986) 0.973 (0.906) 0.954 (0.895) 1.000 (0.996) 1.000 (0.997) 1.000 (0.998) 0.999 (0.991) 0.999 (0.990) 0.999 (0.990)