Erratum Kristian Vlahovicek, ICGEB 4 April 2006 It has come to our attention that two errors have inadvertently crept intothe manuscript MS 2105994315610750 published in BMC Bioinformatics.We introduced an error into equation (4) while trying to simplifyequation (2) by separating the calculation of value C into aseparate formula. The last term in equation (4) should be a subtraction ofvalue 0.5, not an addition.Consequently, the sentence"In order to compensate, a constant of 0.5 is added to the correctionfactor C (see Equation 4)."in the paragraph following the equation (4), should state:"In order to compensate, a constant of 0.5 is subtracted from thecorrection factor C (see Equation 4)."The second correction we wish to make is in equation (1): thereshould be a "2" in front of the summation sign i.e. the sum should bemultiplied by 2. The text referring to the formula states the value shouldbe computed as the G-test statistic for goodness of fit, which equals to2*sum(O*ln(O/E)); therefore, the accompanying text iscorrect.Please note that the overall integrity of the paper, its resultsand conclusions are not influenced by the above error, since all thecalculations were performed using the correct equations. Theimplementation of MILC in INCA software, available from<a href='http://www.bioinfo.hr/inca/'>www.bioinfo.hr/inca</a> is also valid. The same website shows thecorrect formulae for calculating MILC in graphical format.On behalf of both authors,Kristian Vlahovicek Competing interests No competing interests.
Erratum
4 April 2006
It has come to our attention that two errors have inadvertently crept into
the manuscript MS 2105994315610750 published in BMC Bioinformatics.
We introduced an error into equation (4) while trying to simplify
equation (2) by separating the calculation of value C into a
separate formula. The last term in equation (4) should be a subtraction of
value 0.5, not an addition.
Consequently, the sentence
"In order to compensate, a constant of 0.5 is added to the correction
factor C (see Equation 4)."
in the paragraph following the equation (4), should state:
"In order to compensate, a constant of 0.5 is subtracted from the
correction factor C (see Equation 4)."
The second correction we wish to make is in equation (1): there
should be a "2" in front of the summation sign i.e. the sum should be
multiplied by 2. The text referring to the formula states the value should
be computed as the G-test statistic for goodness of fit, which equals to
2*sum(O*ln(O/E)); therefore, the accompanying text is
correct.
Please note that the overall integrity of the paper, its results
and conclusions are not influenced by the above error, since all the
calculations were performed using the correct equations. The
implementation of MILC in INCA software, available from
<a href='http://www.bioinfo.hr/inca/'>www.bioinfo.hr/inca</a> is also valid. The same website shows the
correct formulae for calculating MILC in graphical format.
On behalf of both authors,
Kristian Vlahovicek
Competing interests
No competing interests.