Table 2.
Graph-construction schemes. The first seven schemes are the ones that we discuss in detail in this article. The remaining 13 either give smaller reproducibility or are very similar to one of the first seven and therefore are not discussed in detail - and thus are numbered rather than given an abbreviation.
| Abbreviation | Initial Edge Weights | Topology | Final Edge Weights | Mean Graph Similarity (b = 2000 s/mm2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS - OMST |
NS |
OMST |
unchanged |
0.918 |
| NS + FA OMST |
lin. comb. of NS and FA |
OMST |
unchanged |
0.785 |
| 9-m OMST |
lin. comb. of all 9 metrics in Table 1 |
OMST |
unchanged |
0.852 |
| NS-thr |
NS |
keep highest-NS edges |
unchanged |
0.962 |
| NS-t/FA-w |
NS |
keep highest-NS edges |
re-weight with FA |
0.878 |
| NS-t/MD-w |
NS |
keep highest-NS edges |
re-weight with MD |
0.867 |
| FA-t/NS-w |
FA |
keep highest-FA edges |
re-weight with NS |
0.887 |
| 8 |
lin. comb. of NS, FA, MD |
OMST |
unchanged |
0.771 |
| 9 |
lin. comb. of NS, FA | OMST | unchanged | 0.786 |
| MD and SLD |
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| 10 |
lin. comb. of NS, FA | OMST | unchanged | 0.744 |
| MD, SLD and TL |
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| 11 |
lin. comb. of NS, FA, MD | OMST | unchanged | 0.808 |
| SLD, TL, TV |
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| 12 |
lin. comb. of NS, FA, MD | OMST | unchanged | 0.852 |
| SLD, TL, TV, PT |
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| 13 |
lin. comb. of NS, FA, MD | OMST | unchanged | 0.859 |
| SLD, TL, TV, PT, ED |
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| 14 |
FA |
keep highest-FA edges |
unchanged |
0.667 |
| 15 |
MD |
keep highest-MD edges |
unchanged |
0.559 |
| 16 |
FA |
OMST |
unchanged |
0.558 |
| 17 |
MD |
OMST |
unchanged |
0.473 |
| 18 |
FA |
keep highest-FA edges |
re-weight with MD |
0.649 |
| 19 |
MD |
keep highest-MD edges |
re-weight with NS |
0.752 |
| 20 | MD | keep highest-MD edges | re-weight with FA | 0.554 |