Patterns of similarity and particularity.

<p>The results of a semantic comparison of gene annotations can be classed into eight macro-patterns according to similarity and particularity values. The first sign is a “+” if the similarity is greater than or equal to the similarity threshold <i>τ</i>_<i>sim</i>, or a “-” otherwise. The two other signs depends on the two particularity values, a “+” for a particularity greater than the particularity threshold <i>τ</i>_<i>par</i> or a “-” otherwise.</p><p>Patterns of similarity and particularity.