Question about GeneMaskScorer and width parameter in gene-level predictions

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Hi,

I am using score_interval together with GeneMaskScorer to obtain predictions at the gene level. Specifically, I pass gene intervals and aggregate the predictions to get an overall expression estimate for each gene.

What I find unclear is the purpose of the width parameter in GeneMaskScorer. The documentation and paper do not fully explain how this parameter is actually used in the scoring process. Could you please explain how width affects the computation of predictions?

Thanks in advance for clarifying!

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Predict gene-level expression given sequences
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Hello,

Thank you for reaching out. The width in the interval scoring GeneMaskScorer is the width of the target interval to include in the aggregation. Please see this link for further information.

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