Table 1 Number of problem instances in which EP failed to converge

measured expression (n=123 synthetic genes)

10

2 (2%)

"

75

10 (8%)

"

100

27 (22%)

synthetic patterns based on correlation (n=200 synthetic genes)

50

2 (1%)

"

75

8 (4%)

"

100

49 (25%)

synthetic one-lineage patterns (n=371 synthetic genes)

100

1 (0.3%)

synthetic two-symmetric-lineage patterns (n=245 synthetic genes)

100

2 (0.8%)