Research Article

A New Model Selection Metric for Biomarker Detection Algorithms and Tools

Table 5

Simulation result when Pc = 0.5.

CutoffSenSpePPVNPVStN_randomN_screeningLCostFGmeans

70.9960.9090.9160.9960.335140.189281.9510.088168384107.1010.952
80.990.9520.9540.990.343133.554270.2390.056160577486.8510.971
90.9770.9770.9770.9770.349129.683265.8950.045156272146.730.977
100.9520.990.990.9540.351127.701268.7490.056154575686.8330.971
110.9090.9960.9960.9160.353126.742279.4440.088154686567.060.951
120.8410.9990.9980.8630.353126.148300.4350.139156191487.2930.917
130.74710.9990.7980.353126.034337.9810.202159831727.4940.864
140.63110.730.354126.006400.5710.27166063147.6580.794
150.5110.6670.354126.001505.1930.333176519947.7940.707

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.