Release Notes Version 6 0

Version 6.0 of PLS_Toolbox and Solo was released in October, 2010.

For general product information, see PLS_Toolbox Product Page. For information on Solo, see Solo Product Page.

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NEW FEATURES

Model Building

• New "top-level" access to Decluttering methods (GLSW, EPO, EMM) through "Clutter" control in Analysis window
• Revised Workspace Browser with improved features and look
• Automatic model report generator
• Orthogonalized PLS models (compare to O-PLS)
• NPLS (multiway PLS) now available in GUI
• Non-linear modeling with polynomial transformations
• Added new and novel "contrast" option to MCR-ALS
• Automatic calibration subset selection tool
• RMSEP reported as a function of LVs

• Scripting Language for user scripting and 3rd party product control

Ease-of-Use Features

• Class symbols in plots completely customizable
• Allow plotting of loadings in original units (with preprocessing undone)
• Regression error bars can be turned on and off
• Automatic augmentation of calibration set from validation data
• Clustering - class and label information available in "mouse-over" of dendrogram
• New interface and object for database queries

Functionality Improvements

• Improved SVM performance
• Improved model cache performance
• Improved automated initial guesses for MCR
• Better compatibility between boxplot and Mathworks-related functions
• Streamlined interface menus
• User-adjustable pane sizes in primary interfaces
• Improved model and prediction information in Analysis window
• SPC reader performance improved
• XML writer - significant speed improvements

Documentation

• Significant documentation enhancements including new "getting started" guide and how-to movies

PLS_Toolbox-Only Enhancements

• Improved PLS_Toolbox installer
• Varimax rotations on standard model structures (PLS_Toolbox only)
• Crossval now accepts model as input (automatic population of results)
• Cluster.m -allow access to raw sample-to-sample distance matrix (distances)
• Exteriorpts.m -improved performance

NEW FUNCTIONS AND FILES

cov_cv - Estimation of a regularized inverse covariance matrix.

evridir - Locate and or create EVRI home directory.

polytransform - Add polynomial and cross terms to data matrix.

reducennsamples - Select a subset of samples by removing nearest neighbors.

reportwriter - Write a summary of the analysis including associated figures to html/word/powerpoint.

symbolstyle - Interface to modify class symbols.