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In more recent development, chemometric or multivariate calibration techniques have been applied into spectrophotometric methods. As reported by Palabiyik and Onur [24], principal component regression and partial least square were used to determine ezetimibe in combination with simvastatin. This method offers advanfages such as no chemical prefreafmenf prior to analysis as well as no need to observe graphical spectra and calculations as with the derivative method. In addition, the instrumentation used is also simpler. 

NIR.spectral bands are normally broad and often overlapping. There arc rarely clean spectral bands that allow simple correlation with analyte concentration. Instead. multivariate calibration techniques are used." Most commonly, partial least squares, principal compti-nents regression, and arlificial neural networks are eni-... 

On the other hand, atomic emission spectra are inherently well suited for multivariate analysis due to the fact that the intensity data can be easily recorded at multiple wavelengths. The only prerequisite is that the cahbration set encompasses all likely constituents encountered in the real sample matrix. Calibration data are therefore acquired by a suitable experimental design. Not surprisingly, many of the present analytical schemes are based on multivariate calibration techniques such as multiple linear regression (MLR), principal components regression (PCR), and partial least squares regression (PLS), which have emerged as attractive alternatives. 

In some cases, many different spectra (or chromatograms) of the same object are available. For inhomogenous objects, for example, several samples of different constitution can be taken. This allows to apply multivariate data processing techniques. When the signals of the compounds in the sample are specific and linearly additive, the number of compounds which contribute to the signal, can be determined by a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) " (see Sect. 3.2.1). Without knowing the identity of all compounds, which are present and without knowing their spectra, a calibration by partical least squares (PLC) allows to quantify the compounds of interest. 

XRF and scattering (EDXRFS) spectroscopy method for direct rapid analysis of trace bioavailable macronutrients (i.e. C, N, Na, Mg, P) in soils. Chemo-metric techniques, namely principal component analysis (PCA), partial least squares (PLS) and artificial neural networks (ANNs), were utilized for pattern recognition based on fluorescence and regions of Compton scatter peaks, and to develop multivariate quantitative calibration models based on Compton scatter peaks, respectively. 

Quantitative analysis for one or more analytes through the simultaneous measurement of experimental parameters such as molecular UV or infrared absorbance at multiple wavelengths can be achieved even where clearly defined spectral bands are not discernible. Standards of known composition are used to compute and refine quantitative calibration data assuming linear or nonlinear models. Principal component regression (PCR) and partial least squares (PLS) regression are two multivariate regression techniques developed from linear regression (Topic B4) to optimize the data. 

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