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Table 10 The computational process for measuring the IC of term set S

From: An improved method for functional similarity analysis of genes based on Gene Ontology

Step

Elements in S

IC(S)

Add element

ICextended

IC(S) + ICextended

1

 

0

t1

0

0

2

t1

0

t2

IC(t 2) − ω 12 ∗ IC(t 1) = 0.003

0.003

3

t1,t2

0.003

t3

IC(t 3) − ω 13 ∗ IC(t 1) = 0.011

0.014

4

t1,t2,t3

0.014

t4

IC(t 4) − ω 24 ∗ IC(t 2) = 0.010

0.024

5

t1,t2,t3,t4

0.024

t5

IC(t 5) − ω 35 ∗ IC(t 3) = 0.012

0.036

6

t1,t2,t3,t4,t5

0.036

t6

IC(t 6) − ω 46 ∗ IC(t 4) − ω 36 ∗ IC(t 3) = 0.012

0.048

7

t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6

0.048

t7

IC(t 7) − ω 67 ∗ IC(t 6) − ω 57 ∗ IC(t 5) = 0.003

0.051

8

t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6,t7

0.051

 

0

0.051