Release Notes Version 5 8

Version 5.8 of PLS_Toolbox and Solo was released in February , 2010.

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

NEW FEATURES

• Updated for Matlab 2010a compatibility.

Model Building

• SVM
• LWR
• PLSDA: Fixes to details fields.
• ALS: Fix bug which causes ALS to fail when dropping all-zero components WITH concentration equality constraints "on".
• TrendTool - now outputs model structures which can be used to make predictions on new data.

Preprocessing

• Add Transmission to Absorbance preprocessing method (-log10(T)).

Importers/Exporters

• Analytical Spectral Devices (ASD) Indico (Versions 6 and 7) data file reader added.
• Horiba JY file importer fixes to data type handling.
• Fix XLSREADR for 64-bit Matlab bug which may return sheets as empty cell array.

Other Enhancements

• Analysis: Demo datasets now available from Model Cache.
• Analysis: Methods menu now listed in labeled categories.
• Analysis: Add "permutation test" to tools menu. IS THERE A LINK TO EXPLAIN WHAT PERMUTATION TEST IS?
• DataHat: Add support for MCR (model-only) input.
• Plot Controls: Copy Figure now works on non-PC platforms.
• PLSDAROC Add mouse-over and simple-click actions to plot.
• Purity: Uses include field correctly.

NEW FUNCTIONS AND FILES

asdreadr - Imports data from Analytical Spectral Devices (ASD) Indico (Versions 6 and 7) data files.

clipboard_image - Copy and paste images to/from the system clipboard.

ismodel - Returns boolean TRUE if input object is a standard model structure.

svm - Support Vector Machine (LIBSVM) for regression or classification.

svmda - Support Vector Machine (LIBSVM) for classification.

svmengine - Support Vector Machine for classification or regression using the LIBSVM package.