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Table 1 Summary of relative method performances.

From: A reexamination of information theory-based methods for DNA-binding site identification

		Random background		Genomic background
Method	Type	Equiprobable	Skewed	Equiprobable	Skewed	Reference
R _i	NW	++++	++	++++	++++	[23]
I _seq	NW	++++	++++	++++	+++	[25]
R_sequence· BvH R' _sequence	W	++	+	++	+++	[27, 28]
RE · BvH RE'	W	++	+++	++	++	This work
FitomHI	W	++	+	++	++	This work

Summary of relative method performance on the search problem against different backgrounds. Increasing numbers of + signs symbolize higher accuracy. W stands for weighted and NW for non-weighted method.

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