Correction: Splice site identification using probabilistic parameters and SVM classification
2007

Correction on Splice Site Identification Method

publication

Author Information

Author(s): Baten AKMA, Chang BCH, Halgamuge SK, Li Jason

Primary Institution: The University of Melbourne

Hypothesis

The proposed method for splice site identification is valid and effective.

Conclusion

The correction clarifies that the results for the smaller dataset were incorrectly scaled, affecting several figures in the original publication.

Supporting Evidence

  • The proposed method was tested against two datasets.
  • The better performance on the larger dataset supports the validity of the method.
  • An error in scaling affected the results of several figures in the original paper.

Takeaway

The researchers found a mistake in their earlier work about identifying splice sites, and they fixed it to make sure the results are accurate.

Methodology

The method was tested against two datasets for splice site identification.

Limitations

The results for the smaller dataset were incorrectly scaled.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1186/1471-2105-8-241

Want to read the original?

Access the complete publication on the publisher's website

View Original Publication