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Abstract

The invention provides a method and an arrangement for filtering or pre-processing most any type of multivariate data exemplified by NIR or NMR spectra measured on samples in order to remove systematic noise such as base-line variation and multiplicative scatter effects. This is accomplished by differentiating the spectra to first or second derivatives, by Multiplicative Signal Correction (MSC), or by similar filtering methods. The pre-processing may, however, also remove information from the spectra, as well as other multiple measurement arrays, regarding (Y) (the response variables). Provided is a variant of PLS that can be used to achieve a signal correction that is as close to orthogonal as possible to a given (y) vector or (Y) matrix. Hence, ensuring that the signal correction removes as little information as possible regarding (Y). A filter according to the present invention is named Orthogonal Partial Least Squares (OPLS).

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