Spectroscopic Detection of Caries Lesions

Pseudocode 6

Pseudocode for computing the median rule set. In this study FOLDERCOUNT = 4.

COMPOSE-MEDIAN-RULES(𝑆)

(1) // Compose median rule set from given set of rule sets 𝑆

(2) // 𝑆 = (𝑅₁, 𝑅₂,…, 𝑅_𝑛), 𝑛 = FOLDERCOUNT

(3) // Use local variables, sets of rules 𝑀 and 𝑇, and rule 𝑄

(4)  𝑀=∅

(5)  𝑁 = MEDIAN(𝑅₁.length, 𝑅₂.length,…, 𝑅_𝑛.length)

(6)  for  𝑖=1  to  𝑁

(7)  // Compose temporary rule set, 𝑇 = (𝑇₁, 𝑇₂,⋯,𝑇_𝑛)

(8)  // If possible, have 𝑇₁≈𝑇₂ ≈…≈𝑇_𝑛

(9)  // Each rule in 𝑅∈𝑆 appears in at most one temporary rule set 𝑇

(10)  𝑇 = COMPOSE-TEMP-SET(𝑆)

(11)  𝑄.limitIndex = MEDIAN(𝑇₁.limitIndex,…, 𝑇_𝑛.limitIndex)

(12)  𝑄.limitThreshold = MEDIAN(𝑇₁.limitThreshold,…, 𝑇_𝑛.limitThreshold)

(13)  𝑄.limitType = MEDIAN(𝑇₁.limitType,…, 𝑇_𝑛.limitType)

(14)  𝑀=𝑀+𝑄

(15)  return  𝑀