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Table 1 Ranking of each clustering algorithm across all comparative validation cases

From: FLAME, a novel fuzzy clustering method for the analysis of DNA microarray data

Dataset

Validation case

FLAME

Hierarchical

K-Means

F-SOM

FCM

RPBM

2-Norm FOM

1

5

4

2

3

 

Range FOM

2

1

5

4

3

 

Partition Index

2

1

5

4

3

HR

2-Norm FOM*

5

1

4

2

3

 

Range FOM*

2

1

4

5

3

 

Partition Index

1

4

5

2

3

 

CAVA

2

1

3

4

5

 

Spreading Index

2

1

3

5

4

YCC

2-Norm FOM*

4

5

3

1

2

 

Range FOM*

2

1

3

4

5

 

Partition Index

1

5

4

2

3

 

CAVA

1

2

5

3

4

 

Spreading Index

1

2

4

3

5

MT

Partition Index

1

5

4

2

3

 

CAVA

1

2

5

3

4

 

Spreading Index

1

2

3

4

5

  1. * Reduced versions of the datasets were used for these FOM analyses, due to excessive computation time required for the full-sized dataset (See Methods).
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