Table 4 Short range accuracy evaluation 2. Average short range accuracy values at δ = 1 resolution for the top 10, top L/10, and top L/5 contact predictions from various predictors (with our methods listed in bold font) evaluated on CASP11 targets and sorted by Top 10 accuracy scores

CONSIP2 (94)

88.01%

82.35%

76.21%

RaptorX-Contact (94)

80.96%

78.93%

73.89%

rf_full (78)

78.59%

73.15%

66.05%

MULTICOM-NOVEL (94)

78.52%

75.60%

74.03%

rf_select (78)

74.74%

69.23%

63.14%

PLCT (91)

71.17%

72.42%

72.54%

sda_Ensemble (78)

68.21%

63.92%

59.56%

sda_unbalanced (78)

62.52%

61.87%

61.90%

sda_balanced (78)

61.67%

57.52%

53.51%

svm (78)

59.23%

57.88%

56.81%

IASL-COPE (91)

47.46%

45.43%

45.36%

Pcons-net (87)

45.83%

44.11%

43.88%

raghavagps-paaint (76)

34.47%

35.89%

35.43%

DCA (88)

31.46%

27.34%

25.51%

FoDTcm (32)

19.06%

21.50%

22.34%

MLiD (94)

N/A

N/A

N/A