Release Notes Version 8 0

Version 8.0 of PLS_Toolbox and Solo was released in June, 2015.

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

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New Features in Solo and PLS_Toolbox

Analysis and Models

• MLSCA - Multi-level simultaneous component analysis.
• History now captured in history field of Model Object.
• ANN now supports custom cross-validation.
• PLSDA varcap plot now available.

Importers

• omnicreadr - Reads OMNICix HDF5 image files.
• Improved importer behavior with mixed length data using matchvars during import.
• Updated libraries for Horiba file formats including 64 bit.

Preprocessing

• glog Generalized Log Transform added to preprocessing options.
• pqnorm Probabilistic Quotient Normalization added to preprocessing options.

Distribution Fitting Toolbox

• kurtosis: Added kurtosis statistic function.
• skewness: Added skewness statistic function.

Other Interfaces

• Multiblock Tool - Interface to view, manipulate, and join data.
• Model Optimizer - Better handling of numeric data in comparison table, additional statistics, and improved handling of include field.