Toward objective evaluation of proteomic algorithms

Informatics has driven mass spectrometry–based protein analysis to create large-scale methods for proteomics. As software algorithms have developed, comparisons between algorithms are inevitable. We outline steps for fair and objective comparisons that will make true innovations apparent.

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