Chemometrics:APracticalGuide(Wiley-InterscienceSeriesonLaboratoryAutomation)

AnoutstandingpracticalguidetothemostcommonchemometricmethodsinusetodayChemometricsexplainshowtoapplythemostwidelyusedpatternrecognitionandmultivariatecalibrationtechniquestosolvedataanalysisproblems.Thispracticalguidedescribesallkeymethodsintermsofprocessesandapplicationsinordertohelpthereadereasilyidentifythebesttechniqueforagivensituation.Drawingonyearsofindustrialexperiencewithchemometrictools,theauthorssharetheirsixbasicsteps,or"habits,"forachievingreliablechemometricresults,andcoverkeyareassuchas:*Definingandunderstandingtheproblem*Experimentalplanninganddesign*Preprocessingofsamplesandvariables*Supervisedandunsupervisedpatternrecognition*ClassicalandinversemethodsofmultivariatecalibrationCompletewithhelpfulchapter-endsummaries,technicalreferences,andmore,thisbookisaninvaluablehands-onresourceforanalyticalchemistsandlaboratoryscientistswhousechemometricsintheirwork.