public static List <AcousticEvent> PruneOverlappingEvents(List <AcousticEvent> events, int percentOverlap)
{
double thresholdOverlap = percentOverlap / 100.0;
int count = events.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < count - 1; i++)
{
for (int j = i + 1; j < count; j++)
{
if (AcousticEvent.EventFractionalOverlap(events[i], events[j]) > thresholdOverlap)
{
//determine the event with highest score
if (events[i].Score >= events[j].Score)
{
events[j].Name = null;
}
else
{
events[i].Name = null;
}
}
}
}
List <AcousticEvent> pruned = new List <AcousticEvent>();
foreach (AcousticEvent ae in events)
{
if (ae.Name != null)
{
pruned.Add(ae);
}
}
return(pruned);
}