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While the original LSDD algorithm demonstrates strong performance in static environments, its efficacy significantly diminishes in the dynamic settings of the EasyCom dataset. Several enhancements to the LSDD algorithm are developed following a comprehensive performance and system analysis, which enable improved DOA estimation under these challenging conditions. These include incorporating a new reliability weight and a new cluster quality measure into the algorithm. The new reliability weight combines the existing data-based reliability with a novel array-based reliability while the new cluster quality measure reflects the likelihood that a DOA cluster represents a correct cluster due to a sound source and not a spurious cluster due to noise or reverberations. 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