Cogito: automated and generic comparison of annotated genomic intervals

BMC Bioinformatics

Table 5 Qualitative comparison of Cogito to other tools. The rows show different qualitative criteria, the columns indicate the considered tools

Program features		GenometriCorr [8]	Genome track analyzer [6]	KLTepigenome [7]	Genomic hyperbrowser [9]	GAT [5]	StereoGene [4]	BedSect [10]	LOLA [2]	epiCOLOC [3]	Cogito
Input	Cross platform analysis	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Supports multiple (\(\ge 2\)) conditions	\(-\)	\(-\)	+	+	+	\(-\)	+	+	+	+
	Little user interaction required	+	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	+	+	\(-\)	+	+	+
Analysis	Works with attached values	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	+
	Automatic systematic investigation	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	+	+	+	+	\(-\)	+
Output	Produces readable report	+	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	+
	Output further adaptable	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	+	\(-\)	\(-\)	\(-\)	+
General	Local installation available	+	+	+	\(-\)	+	+	\(-\)	+	\(-\)	+

A \(+\) shows a tool matching the criteria, a − the lack of that function. If a cell of the matrix is empty, the category was not applicable for that specific tool

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