Table 2. Performance comparison between BESTT and BEAST in simulations.
| % ENV | SRE | MRW | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simulation | BESTT | EBSP | Skygrid | BESTT | EBSP | Skygrid | BESTT | EBSP | Skygrid |
| Constant | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 1.16 | 1.49 | 4.41 |
| Exponential | 100 | 97 | 100 | 0.35 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 5.45 | 2.56 | 46.13 |
| Inst. growth | 97 | 94 | 100 | 0.61 | 2.65 | 22.60 | 105.60 | 14.95 | > 1000 |
BESTT, Bayesian Estimation of population size changes by Sampling Tajima’s Trees; % ENV, % envelope measure; EBSP, Extended Bayesian Skyline Plot; MRW, mean relative width; SRE, sum of relative errors. Bold values indicate best performance.