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The best performance was achieved when predictions were performed on the dataset consisting only of strong binders (IC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> less than 10 nM) and clear non-binders (IC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> greater than 10,000 nM). In addition, robustness of the predictions was only achieved for alleles that were represented with a sufficiently large (greater than 200), balanced set of binders and non-binders.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>All four methods show good to excellent performance on the comprehensive datasets, with the artificial neural networks based method outperforming the other methods. 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