Research Article

A New Model Selection Metric for Biomarker Detection Algorithms and Tools

Table 4

Simulation result when Pc = 0.05.

CutoffSenSpePPVNPVStN_randomN_screeningLCostFGmeans

70.9960.9090.36710.218330.8356642.9010.633995124908.9790.952
80.990.9520.5250.9990.251249.65041.9610.476753795688.6950.971
90.9770.9770.6970.9990.288190.4193897.6060.304580179968.3360.977
100.9520.990.840.9970.319155.4813266.4920.163482130207.9180.971
110.9090.9960.9280.9950.338138.3753046.0390.077442979107.4530.951
120.8410.9990.9720.9920.347130.8183111.1030.037441928727.0120.917
130.74710.990.9870.351127.6413418.3260.023469473206.8610.864
140.6310.9970.9810.353126.5814019.6780.023528549226.9650.794
150.510.9990.9740.353126.1965054.2430.027631619867.1630.707

Note: Sen: sensitivity; Spe: specificity; St: standardized treatment effect; N_random: randomized sample size; N_screening: screening sample size; L: predictability loss of M; cost: estimated total cost in an M-based drug clinical trial.