docs: protected double[] firstHit(Instance inst) {
  		boolean fired = false;
  		int countFired = 0;
  		double[] votes = new double[this.numClass];
  		for (int j = 0; j < this.ruleSet.size(); j++) {
  			if (this.ruleSet.get(j).ruleEvaluate(inst) == true) {
  				countFired = countFired + 1;
  				for (int z = 0; z < this.numClass; z++) {
  					votes[z] = this.ruleSet.get(j).obserClassDistrib.getValue(z) 
  							/ this.ruleSet.get(j).obserClassDistrib.sumOfValues();
  					}
  				return votes;
  				}
  			}
  		if (countFired > 0) {
  			fired = true;
  			} else {
  				fired = false;
  				}
  		if (fired == false) {
  			votes = oberversDistribProb(inst, this.observedClassDistribution);
  			}
  		return votes;
  		}