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. 2019 Jul 12;10:780. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00780

Table 2.

Importance of molecular dynamics (MD) descriptors using correlation-based feature selection (CFS), relief-based attribute selection, and classifier attribute evaluation using artificial neural network (ANN) and random forest (RF) classifiers.

MD descriptor CFS Relief-based Classifier attribute evaluator (ANN) Classifier attribute evaluator (RF)
Average merit Average rank Average merit Average rank Average merit Average rank Average merit Average rank
Total energy 0.062 ± 0.032 2.6 ± 0.92 0.021 ± 0.028 3.3 ± 0.64 −0.015 ± 0.023 2.2 ± 1.47 −0.133 ± 0.032 3.8 ± 0.4
Potential energy 0.062 ± 0.032 1.8 ± 0.75 0.021 ± 0.028 2.3 ± 0.64 −0.015 ± 0.023 2.4 ± 0.49 −0.068 ± 0.046 2.5 ± 0.81
Gyration 0.048 ± 0.033 2.9 ± 1.14 0.014 ± 0.011 3.2 ± 0.98 0 ± 0 2.6 ± 0.49 −0.036 ± 0.024 1.8 ± 0.75
SASA 0.057 ± 0.041 2.7 ± 1.27 0.092 ± 0.013 1.2 ± 0.6 0 ± 0 2.8 ± 1.47 −0.028 ± 0.036 1.9 ± 1.04