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  • Different results generated by using the same parameters

    I'm new to 2nd-generation sequencing data analysis. I have found that every time I run newbler, the de novo assemlber from Roche, I get different results... The parameters used are identical in these runs. Is this normal?

    update:
    It seems that the difference is caused by multiple CPUs used for computation. I had used "-cpu 10" before. If only one CPU used, the result is reproducible, although it's also different from results generated by multiple CPUs...
    Last edited by sulicon; 09-14-2010, 05:23 PM. Reason: update

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    What you find is correct, only with -cpu 1 will you get the same results each time. Nice to be able to answer one's own question, eh?

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      Originally posted by sulicon View Post
      I'm new to 2nd-generation sequencing data analysis. I have found that every time I run newbler, the de novo assemlber from Roche, I get different results... The parameters used are identical in these runs. Is this normal?
      There seems to be two ways to get different results from gsAssembler:

      1. As you found, the -cpu option with more than 1 cpu gives different results! The only reliable way is with -cpu 1.

      2. The order you supply your .SFF files on the command line changes the results, even with -cpu 1 enabled. It seems you need to put your paired reads AFTER your single-end reads.

      I am appalled that just important software can be so non-deterministic in its operation!

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