1. Standardize inputs to zero-mean/unit-variance
xn = zscore(x);
You can rank inputs by replacing, one at a time, input rows of length N with one of the following:
xn(i,:) = xn(i, randperm(N));% Scrambled
input(i,:) = randn(1,N);% Random, unit-variance
input(i,:) = zeros(1,N);% Zero mean and variance
You can also get fancy by using one of the above in a sequential backward or forward search
In general, all will yield different rankings. However, the exceedingly weak and exceedingly strong should reveal themselves.
Hope this helps
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Greg
