All Real-Time Shock Candidates

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The automated shock analysis not only provides a solution, but it also provides a numerical diagnostic to check whether the shock candidate is an actual shock. A 100 point system was designed to determine whether a shock candidate is (1) a strong shock and (2) the solution is valid based on uncertainties. A top score of 100 means the solution has low uncertainties and the candidate is a strong shock. The following point system was applied to the shock solutions:

Points	Criteria
5	Mass Flux/uncertainty > 4.5
5	Tang Mom/uncertainty > 1.5
10	MA - uncertainty > 4.2
15	Vs/uncertainty > 14
10	Vs uncertainty < 35
10	Th_Bn uncertainty < 1.7
20	r_n - uncertainty > 2.9
25	r_b - uncertainty > 1.9