Figure 7

Decision tree generated by training the J48 algorithm on the balanced dataset 8 with all available data. This decision tree was generated by training the J48 algorithm on the balanced dataset 8 with all available data (see "Methods"). The uppermost ellipse is the node root of tree that represents the most important condition for discriminating essential genes from non-essential genes. In this case, such condition is the number of protein physical interactions (ppi). The remaining ellipses are internal nodes that represent additional conditions for considering a gene as essential or non-essential. In the left branch of tree, such conditions are involvement in a metabolic process (met. proc.) and nuclear localization (nucleus). In the right branch, such conditions are nuclear localization (nucleus) and number of regulating transcription factors (regin). The rectangles are the leaf nodes that represent the final classification. Red and green rectangles depict genes that, under certain conditions (represented by the root node and internal nodes), are respectively and predominantly classified as essential (E) and non-essential (N). In the round brackets inside rectangles, the number before the slash indicates the total number of genes that are actually essential or non-essential and the number after the slash indicates how many genes were incorrectly predicted.