Applications

The following documents illustrate applications for which Infometrix products have been designed. Although not exhaustive, these notes provide examples in the field where the technology has found use. The applications span most sources of multivariate data with emphasis on the traditional applications in optical spectroscopy, chromatography and discrete measurement sources. A section at the end relates applications for Infometrix instrument company partners.

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Application Note Type Data Source Algorithm
Octane Number AN NIR PLS
Bacterial ID AN HPLC KNN
Chemometrics in Chromatography AO GC,LC Classify,Regress
Food and Beverage Overview AO NIR Classify,Regress
Environmental Science Overview AO GC Classify,Regress
Plant Optimization AO Phys PCA,HCA,PLS
Factor-Based Regression TN PLS,PCR
Pirouette Algorithms TN
E-Nose Approaches AN MS PCA
HSMS E-Nose Applications AN MS
Chemometric Analysis of Soft Drinks AN MS PCA
Chemometric Analysis of Chocolate AN MS
Oil Mixtures in Margarine AN GC ALS
Analysis of Petroleum Mixtures AN GC ALS
Automated Interpretation of Chromatograms PN GC Align
Curve Resolution of Naphthalenes AN GC MCR
Cancer Screening AN NMR KNN
Trans-Fat in Food AN GC ALS
Align Chromatographic Profiles PN GC Align
Mixture Analysis for Metabonomics AN NMR ALS
Automated Alignment AB GC Align
Monitoring Hydrocarbons AB GC PCA
Steady State Processing AB Physical PCA
Apportioning Oils AB GC ALS
Aligning Crude Oils AB GC Align
Chemometrics for Metabonomics AN MS PCA
Aligning Process HPLC AN HPLC Align
Aligning NMR AO  NMR Align
Kinetics Study with Raman Spectra AN Raman ALS
Spectroscopy Best Practices TN
Quality Assessments for an Organically-Complex Drug – Part 1 AO PCA
Partners Data Algorithm
Bio-Rad’s Informatics Division specializes in state-of-the-art software and database solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and chemical industries. Their KnowItAll Informatics System offers a fully integrated environment with complete software and database solutions for chemical, analytical, and biological information.
Metabonomics Mixtures NMR PCA
Reaction Monitoring with Raman Raman PCA
Mycobacteria Discrimination with PCA LC PCA
Characterizing Refinery Products GC PCA
Biomarker Identification NMR PCA
Northwest Analytics (NWA) partnering with Infometrix, created a fully integrated solution for multivariate modeling and SPC charting that overcomes many of the barriers to the adoption of multivariate process monitoring and improvement techniques. NWA Quality Analyst’s multivariate SPC module, NWA MvSPC™, combines with Infometrix Pirouette to simplify the data collection, model-building, and deployment process for off-line and real-time applications.

The combination of Quality Analyst’s connectivity and ease-of-use with Infometrix Pirouette’s industry-leading multivariate analysis capabilities provides a complete, integrated, multivariate modeling and SPC analytics solution.
Prioritizing Multivariate Control AN PCA
PCA Calibration for Continuous Process Monitoring AN PCA
Simplifying GC Calibration AN Align
AC Analytical Controls bundles the chromatographic alignment tool LineUp with their detailed hydrocarbon analysis (DHA) system. Based on the Agilent 6890 and 6850 GCs, the AC DHA product substantially improves the reliability of assigning more than 900 reference components of gasoline for routine quality control work.
Detailed Hydrocarbon Analysis GC Align
Teledyne Analytical uses both LineUp and InStep to allow multivariate interpretations of chromatographic traces in real time. The product, Calidus GC, is a rapid means of doing quality control assessments using a rapid response FID instrument in a compact package.