Table 1.

The algorithm for finding the fixed point estimate of the underlying signal intensity.

The algorithm for finding the fixed point estimate of the underlying signal intensity The input variables are m̂, σ̂g, and N, and the out variable is η̂.

1: Procedure FixedPointFinder(m̂, σ̂g, N)

2:

3: counter = 500

4: eps = 1.0 × 10

5: delta = βNσ̂g − m̂

6:

8: if (delta == 0) {return 0}

9:

10: if (delta > 0) {m = βNσ̂g + delta}

11: else {m = m̂}

12:

13: t0 = m

14: t1 = K(t0 | m, σ̂g, N)

15: while(| t0 − t1| > eps){

16: t0 = t1

17: t1 = K(t0 | m, σ̂g, N)

18: counter = counter − 1

19: if(counter == 0) break

20: }

21:

22: if (delta > 0) {return −t1}

23: else {return t1}