Table 3

Comparison of NJ and BME cones. The volume estimates for n = 8 do not all add up to exactly 100% due to round-off errors

#taxa
tree shape
#trees
NJ vol
BME vol
NJ accuracy

4
unique
3
100%
100%
100%
5
unique
15
100%
100%
98.06%
6
3-cherry
15
18.49%
18.57%
90.39%
6
caterpillar
90
81.51%
81.43%
91.33%
7
3-cherry
315
45.32%
44.58%
82.42%
7
caterpillar
630
54.68%
55.42%
78.85%
8
4-cherry
315
6.48%
6.36%
70.12%
8
3-cherry (two are neighbors)
2520
27.12%
25.84%
69.93%
8
3-cherry (none are neighbors)
2520
35.67%
34.55%
71.63%
8
caterpillar
5040
30.73%
33.24%
61.75%

Eickmeyer et al. Algorithms for Molecular Biology 2008 3:5   doi:10.1186/1748-7188-3-5