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Table 5 Performance of the predictive models for each serotype by using independent testing data. PCC was used as the feature selection method. SVM: Support Vector Machine; Sn: Sensitivity; Sp: Specificity; Acc: Accuracy; MCC: Matthews Correlation Coefficient

From: Rapid classification of group B Streptococcus serotypes based on matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and machine learning techniques

Serotype

Bin size of Peaks

Number of features

Classifiers

Sn

Sp

Acc

MCC

I a

9

28

Random Forest

66.0%

61.4%

61.9%

0.168

SVM

19.1%

94.9%

87.1%

0.172

I b

3

30

Random Forest

55.6%

54.8%

54.9%

0.071

SVM

54.0%

38.9%

41.0%

−0.050

III

6

7

Random Forest

73.0%

74.1%

73.9%

0.405

SVM

68.0%

71.3%

70.6%

0.336

V

9

43

Random Forest

63.6%

40.6%

43.4%

0.028

SVM

5.5%

94.1%

83.4%

−0.007

VI

7

18

Random Forest

70.4%

70.3%

70.4%

0.381

SVM

67.6%

64.4%

65.4%

0.297