Table 3 Optimal numbers of cell types identified using different methods for the five real datasets
Method | True | Proposed | CIDR | SC3 | Seurat | scDeepCluster | MNN-Graph | MNN-Kmeans | RZiMM | snbClust | sparseKmeans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dataset | |||||||||||
   Mouse embryonic stem cells | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
   Human lung cancer cells | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
   Mouse uterus cells | 8 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
   Mouse liver cells | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
   Mouse mammary gland cells | 14 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |