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Table 5 Gaining confidence. If the top k paths all agree about the number of helices, this prediction is correct in 83% to 91% of cases. If they disagree, then in only 55% to 71% of cases does the largest group predict the correct helix number. A similar separation occurs for the overall protein topology.

From: Decoding HMMs using the k best paths: algorithms and applications

 

All same number of helices

Distinct number of helices

Type of correctness

k = 10

k = 100

k = 1000

1 k = 10

k = 100

k = 1000

 

( n = 189)

( n = 120)

( n = 64)

( n = 58)

( n = 127)

( n = 183)

# of helices

156(83%)

107(89%)

58(91%)

32(55%)

81(64%)

130(71%)

Overall topology

123(65%)

93(77%)

56(88%)

19(33%)

51(40%)

93(51%)