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Robinson–Foulds metric

Known as: Robinson-Foulds metric 
The Robinson–Foulds metric is a way to measure the distance between unrooted phylogenetic trees. It is defined as (A + B) where A is the number of… 
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2019
2019
TRACTION: Fast Non-Parametric Improvement of Estimated Gene Trees
Gene tree correction aims to improve the accuracy of a gene tree by using computational techniques along with a reference tree… 
2018
2018
Linear-Time Algorithms for Some Phylogenetic Tree Completion Problems Under Robinson-Foulds Distance
We consider two fundamental computational problems that arise when comparing phylogenetic trees, rooted or unrooted, with non… 
2017
2017
Optimal Completion of Incomplete Gene Trees in Polynomial Time Using OCTAL
Here we introduce the Optimal Tree Completion Problem, a general optimization problem that involves completing an unrooted binary… 
2013
2013
The Generalized Robinson-Foulds Metric
The Robinson-Foulds (RF) metric is arguably the most widely used measure of phylogenetic tree similarity, despite its well-known… 
2013
2013
Inferring species trees from incongruent multi-copy gene trees using the Robinson-Foulds distance
Constructing species trees from multi-copy gene trees remains a challenging problem in phylogenetics. One difficulty is that the… 
2013
2013
Discriminative measures for comparison of phylogenetic trees
2012
2012
A Robinson-Foulds Measure to Compare Unrooted Trees with Rooted Trees
The Robinson-Foulds (RF) distance is a well-established measure for the comparative analysis of phylogenetic trees, and comparing… 
2008
2008
Fast Hashing Algorithms to Summarize Large Collections of Evolutionary Trees
Different phylogenetic methods often yield different inferred trees for the same set of organisms. Moreover, a single… 
2006
2006
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2006
2006
A Sublinear-Time Randomized Approximation Scheme for the Robinson-Foulds Metric
The Robinson-Foulds (RF) metric is the measure most widely used in comparing phylogenetic trees; it can be computed in linear… 
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