Table 2.
Comparison among the proposed method and the other prediction algorithms for the C. elegans species, in terms of true positive and true negative interactions
| Validation of miRNA target prediction algorithms for C. elegans | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algorithm | Last update (year) | Predicted interactions | 3209 positive validated interactions | 16 negative validated interactions |
| True positive | True negative | |||
| PITA | 2008 | 4874 | 979 | 14 |
| MiRanda | 2010 | 3307 | 829 | 12 |
| MirSOM | 2011 | 1734 | 588 | 15 |
| DIANA-microT | 2012 | 1232 | 172 | 16 |
| MiRNATIP | 2015 | 6533 | 994 | 15 |