Table 1 Comparison of various features of HYPER with existing methods.
From: Group testing via hypergraph factorization applied to COVID-19
Plate-based arrays9 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HYPER | 8 × 12 | 16 × 24 | P-BEST8 | Random assignment11 | Double-pooling63 | |
# individuals per batch (n) | Any | 96 | 384 | 384 | Any | Multiple of m/2 |
# pools (m) | Variable | 20 | 40 | 48 | Any | Even |
# splits (q) | ≤ 3 | 2 | 6 | Any | 2 | |
# stages | Two | Two | One | Two | Two | |
Max. balanced pools | ✓ | × | ✓ | × w.h.p.a | ✓ | |
Max. balanced combinations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × w.h.p.a | × w.h.p.a | |
Simple to implement by hand | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | |
Flexible/easily adapted | ✓ | × | × | ✓ | ✓ | |
Simple to decode by hand | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | |
Corrects false positive | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Corrects false negatives | Optional | × | ✓ | Optional | × | |
