Benchmarking diagnostic algorithms

A computer system for benchmarking a plurality of diagnostic algorithms for a particular application, comprising:

• a storage device for storing and retrieving the dataset;
• and
• a processor coupled to the storage device, wherein the processor is configured for:
• obtaining a normalized product entropy ratio parameter,
• fixing a performance parameter vector to define a plurality of sensitivity parameters including a plurality of threshold parameters and a plurality of data parameters, and
• perturbing the plurality of threshold parameters and the plurality of data parameters to obtain a threshold sensitivity parameter and a data sensitivity parameter.

A computer program product for benchmarking a plurality of diagnostic algorithms for a particular application, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• a first executable portion configured for obtaining a normalized product entropy ratio parameter;
• a second executable portion configured for fixing a performance parameter vector to define a plurality of sensitivity parameters including a plurality of threshold parameters and a plurality of data parameters;
• and
• a third executable portion configured for perturbing the plurality of threshold parameters and the plurality of data parameters to obtain a threshold sensitivity parameter and a data sensitivity parameter.