Spectroscopy and Chemometrics News Weekly #43, 2016Spektroskopie und Chemometrie Neuigkeiten Wöchentlich #43, 2016Spettroscopia e Chemiometria Weekly News #43, 2016

Chemometrics

SWIR region contains chemical spectral info. Chemometrics differentiate 4 sugars. Realtime spectral processing LINK


Near Infrared

Using advanced NIR sensors, our hygenic TS line measures fluid absorption for FoodandBeverage applications: LINK!

“NIR penetrates much further into samples and, unlike Raman, is unaffected by fluorescence.” | Env… LINK

Qualitätskontrolle während der Extrusion - Folie Fremdpolymeren NIRAnalyse Inspektionssystem LINK

Pre-grazing significantly boosts first cut silage quality | NIRanalycer NIRmachine via LINK


Infrared

Selective Weighted Least Squares Method for Fourier Transform Infrared Quantitative Analysis LINK

Multivariate Analysis of Hemicelluloses in Bleached Kraft Pulp Using Infrared Spectroscopy LINK


Hyperspectral

Combining hyperspectral and lidar is a great approach to identify & monitor invasive plants species… LINK


Environment

DETECTION OF CANNABIS PLANTS BY HYPER-SPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING MEANS LINK


Pharma

US FDA Purchases Transmission Raman for Quantitative Analysis of Tablets & Capsules - European Pharmaceutical Review LINK


Laboratory

"Washington State University (WSU) portable smartphone spectrometer laboratory detects cancer" LINK

Spectroscopy Outside the Lab: LINK


CalibrationModel.com

Spectroscopy and Chemometrics News 42, 2016 | NIRS Spectroscopic Chemometric Software LINK

Spektroskopie und Chemometrie Neuigkeiten Wöchentlich 42, 2016 | NIRS Spektroskopie Chemometrie Kalibration LINK

Spettroscopia e Chemiometria Weekly News 42, 2016 | NIRS Spettroscopia Chemiometria news LINK


Chemometrics

SWIR region contains chemical spectral info. Chemometrics differentiate 4 sugars. Realtime spectral processing LINK


Near Infrared

Using advanced NIR sensors, our hygenic TS line measures fluid absorption for FoodandBeverage applications: LINK!

“NIR penetrates much further into samples and, unlike Raman, is unaffected by fluorescence.” | Env… LINK

Qualitätskontrolle während der Extrusion - Folie Fremdpolymeren NIRAnalyse Inspektionssystem LINK

Pre-grazing significantly boosts first cut silage quality | NIRanalycer NIRmachine via LINK


Infrared

Selective Weighted Least Squares Method for Fourier Transform Infrared Quantitative Analysis LINK

Multivariate Analysis of Hemicelluloses in Bleached Kraft Pulp Using Infrared Spectroscopy LINK


Hyperspectral

Combining hyperspectral and lidar is a great approach to identify & monitor invasive plants species… LINK


Environment

DETECTION OF CANNABIS PLANTS BY HYPER-SPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING MEANS LINK


Pharma

US FDA Purchases Transmission Raman for Quantitative Analysis of Tablets & Capsules - European Pharmaceutical Review LINK


Laboratory

"Washington State University (WSU) portable smartphone spectrometer laboratory detects cancer" LINK

Spectroscopy Outside the Lab: LINK


CalibrationModel.com

Spectroscopy and Chemometrics News 42, 2016 | NIRS Spectroscopic Chemometric Software LINK

Spektroskopie und Chemometrie Neuigkeiten Wöchentlich 42, 2016 | NIRS Spektroskopie Chemometrie Kalibration LINK

Spettroscopia e Chemiometria Weekly News 42, 2016 | NIRS Spettroscopia Chemiometria news LINK


Chemometrics

SWIR region contains chemical spectral info. Chemometrics differentiate 4 sugars. Realtime spectral processing LINK


Near Infrared

Using advanced NIR sensors, our hygenic TS line measures fluid absorption for FoodandBeverage applications: LINK!

“NIR penetrates much further into samples and, unlike Raman, is unaffected by fluorescence.” | Env… LINK

Qualitätskontrolle während der Extrusion - Folie Fremdpolymeren NIRAnalyse Inspektionssystem LINK

Pre-grazing significantly boosts first cut silage quality | NIRanalycer NIRmachine via LINK


Infrared

Selective Weighted Least Squares Method for Fourier Transform Infrared Quantitative Analysis LINK

Multivariate Analysis of Hemicelluloses in Bleached Kraft Pulp Using Infrared Spectroscopy LINK


Hyperspectral

Combining hyperspectral and lidar is a great approach to identify & monitor invasive plants species… LINK


Environment

DETECTION OF CANNABIS PLANTS BY HYPER-SPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING MEANS LINK


Pharma

US FDA Purchases Transmission Raman for Quantitative Analysis of Tablets & Capsules - European Pharmaceutical Review LINK


Laboratory

"Washington State University (WSU) portable smartphone spectrometer laboratory detects cancer" LINK

Spectroscopy Outside the Lab: LINK


CalibrationModel.com

Spectroscopy and Chemometrics News 42, 2016 | NIRS Spectroscopic Chemometric Software LINK

Spektroskopie und Chemometrie Neuigkeiten Wöchentlich 42, 2016 | NIRS Spektroskopie Chemometrie Kalibration LINK

Spettroscopia e Chemiometria Weekly News 42, 2016 | NIRS Spettroscopia Chemiometria news LINK


We make NIR Chemometrics easyWir machen NIR Chemometrie einfach

Hi, we're CalibrationModel. Our aim is to transform your NIR data to superior calibration models. We do this by using knowledge driven software applying good practices and rules from literature, publications, regulatory guidelines and more. Our service is used by NIR specialists to deliver a valuable model for their NIR analysis measurements. With CalibrationModel services, NIR specialists can find out how their NIR Data can be robust and optimally modeled by which data preprocessing and wavelength selection, etc. You can implement CalibrationModel in a matter of minutes using our contact form and send your NIR data to receive optimized model settings as a blueprint.

NIR specialists (Spectroscopist, Chemometricians) love perfect models. They're curious about how to improve their models even further, because all NIR models need continuous maintenance and updates.


Using CalibrationModel services, NIR Specialists can deliver real value to their measurement results through powerful model optimization capabilities.


CalibrationModel
We make NIR Chemometrics easy.

Near-Infrared Data Modeling Calibration Service

Hi, we're CalibrationModel. Our aim is to transform your NIR data to superior calibration models. We do this by using knowledge driven software applying good practices and rules from literature, publications, regulatory guidelines and more. Our service is used by NIR specialists to deliver a valuable model for their NIR analysis measurements. With CalibrationModel services, NIR specialists can find out how their NIR Data can be robust and optimally modeled by which data preprocessing and wavelength selection, etc. You can implement CalibrationModel in a matter of minutes using our contact form and send your NIR data to receive optimized model settings as a blueprint.

NIR specialists (Spectroscopist, Chemometricians) love perfect models. They're curious about how to improve their models even further, because all NIR models need continuous maintenance and updates.


Using CalibrationModel services, NIR Specialists can deliver real value to their measurement results through powerful model optimization capabilities.


CalibrationModel
We make NIR Chemometrics easy.

Near-Infrared Data Modeling Calibration Service

Hi, we're CalibrationModel. Our aim is to transform your NIR data to superior calibration models. We do this by using knowledge driven software applying good practices and rules from literature, publications, regulatory guidelines and more. Our service is used by NIR specialists to deliver a valuable model for their NIR analysis measurements. With CalibrationModel services, NIR specialists can find out how their NIR Data can be robust and optimally modeled by which data preprocessing and wavelength selection, etc. You can implement CalibrationModel in a matter of minutes using our contact form and send your NIR data to receive optimized model settings as a blueprint.

NIR specialists (Spectroscopist, Chemometricians) love perfect models. They're curious about how to improve their models even further, because all NIR models need continuous maintenance and updates.


Using CalibrationModel services, NIR Specialists can deliver real value to their measurement results through powerful model optimization capabilities.


CalibrationModel
We make NIR Chemometrics easy.

Near-Infrared Data Modeling Calibration Service

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) / Häufig gestellte Fragen

NIR-Predictor Software

Q: Where are the FAQs of the NIR-Predictor software?

A: The NIR-Predictor FAQ can be found here NIR-Predictor FAQ.

Applications

Q: How much is your service (NIR Calibration Models)?

A: Please see Pricing

Q: How many samples do I need to send you for a new calibration?

A: Data samples from 100 – 120 different products to start, at least 60 – 100.

Q: What kind of NIR application you have and what equipment they support?

A: All major NIR and FT-NIR spectrometers and
mobile NIR instruments are supported.
We deliver the optimal calibration settings for your custom NIR data for your applicative purpose. We do not sell any NIR spectra files or any application/calibration files.

Q: What is the maximal number of parameters of a NIR Calibration?

A: We build and optimize each NIR Calibration for one parameter. That gives the possibility to use all advantages of spectral pre-processing and variable selection to get a robust and precise model. Your data files can contain multiple spectra with multiple parameters (there is no limit).

Q: Is qualification possible with quantitative calibration?

A: For A or B qualification define a product property e.g. name it “quality” where good is 1.0 and bad is 0.0.
The quantitative calibration than predicts values around the range 0.0 to 1.0 and that classify the “quality”.
A,B or C could also be possible to 0.0 0.5 1.0.
Add multiple properties to your samples, like “qualityAB” and “qualityABC” and we try all the properties to calibrate.

Compatibility

Q: Are our NIR Calibration Models independent of any kind of spectrometer?

A: The calibrations we develop with your NIR data are customized for your spectrometer (any brand).

Q: Are the NIR Calibrations compatible with my NIR spectrometer?

A: The customized calibrations based on your data will fit your NIR spectrometer’s resolution and wavelength range.

Q: What do you mean by “to rebuild the calibration in the used software”?

A: Our calibration report says something like: For the given data, the best calibration model required multiplicative scatter correction for preprocessing, a 2nd derivative Savitsky Golay filtering with 15 points window size, PLS with 5 components, etc.

Data Privacy

Q: Do you offer a package NIR spectra – data based on wet Chemistry?

A: We do not sell NIR-Spectral Data.

We develope calibrations from NIR-Spectral + Lab Data.

See also NIR Calibration Service explained

Q: How can I trust your service does not collect/store/giveaway my data?

A: Please read our Terms of Service (TOS). We do not collect your data.

After processing your data into a calibration, your data is deleted from our servers.

You don’t want to trust anyone? Not even your instrument vendor?

Then anonymize your data, with the NIR JCAMP-Anonymizer Software

Q: How to make others have no re-use of my NIR data?

A: Anonymize your data! Here is how:

Prediction Model Adjustment, Model Correction, Model Updates

Q: Why is it recommended to recalibrate the NIRS on an ongoing basis?

A: read more

Q: How to interpret / judge the Calibration Statistics?

A: Interpretation of the Calibration Statistics

Theory of Sampling (TOS)Theorie der ProbennahmeTeoria del campionamento (TOS)

What is Theory of Sampling (TOS)?
TOS is a theory about the sampling of materials.
Here are some recommended links.


Links
Pierre Gy (1924–2015): the key concept of sampling errors

Gy's sampling theory

TOS forum edited by Professor Kim H. Esbensen


Presentations
Representative Sampling - a critical success factor for all analytical endeavors (incl. NIR), Kim Esbensen, IDRC 2014

Papers
Theory of sampling (TOS) versus measurement uncertainty (MU) - A call for integration, Kim H. Esbensen, Claas Wagne


Books
Process Analytical Technology: Spectroscopic Tools and Implementation Strategies for the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries, Second Edition, Chapter 3. Process Sampling: Theory of Sampling - the Missing Link in Process Analytical Technologies (PAT), Katherine A. Bakeev, Kim H. Esbensen and Peter Paasch-Mortensen

Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Sampling - by Kim H. Esbensen ISBN: 978-1-906715-29-8


Related
Why NIR Method Maintenance?What is Theory of Sampling (TOS)?
TOS is a theory about the sampling of materials.
Here are some recommended links.


Links
Pierre Gy (1924–2015): the key concept of sampling errors

Gy's sampling theory

TOS forum edited by Professor Kim H. Esbensen


Presentations
Representative Sampling - a critical success factor for all analytical endeavors (incl. NIR), Kim Esbensen, IDRC 2014

Papers
Theory of sampling (TOS) versus measurement uncertainty (MU) - A call for integration, Kim H. Esbensen, Claas Wagne


Books
Process Analytical Technology: Spectroscopic Tools and Implementation Strategies for the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries, Second Edition, Chapter 3. Process Sampling: Theory of Sampling - the Missing Link in Process Analytical Technologies (PAT), Katherine A. Bakeev, Kim H. Esbensen and Peter Paasch-Mortensen

Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Sampling - by Kim H. Esbensen ISBN: 978-1-906715-29-8


Related
Why NIR Method Maintenance?What is Theory of Sampling (TOS)?
TOS is a theory about the sampling of materials.
Here are some recommended links.


Links
Pierre Gy (1924–2015): the key concept of sampling errors

Gy's sampling theory

TOS forum edited by Professor Kim H. Esbensen


Presentations
Representative Sampling - a critical success factor for all analytical endeavors (incl. NIR), Kim Esbensen, IDRC 2014

Papers
Theory of sampling (TOS) versus measurement uncertainty (MU) - A call for integration, Kim H. Esbensen, Claas Wagne


Books
Process Analytical Technology: Spectroscopic Tools and Implementation Strategies for the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries, Second Edition, Chapter 3. Process Sampling: Theory of Sampling - the Missing Link in Process Analytical Technologies (PAT), Katherine A. Bakeev, Kim H. Esbensen and Peter Paasch-Mortensen

Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Sampling - by Kim H. Esbensen ISBN: 978-1-906715-29-8


Related
Why NIR Method Maintenance?

Procedures for NIR calibration – Creation of NIRS spectroscopy calibration curvesArbeitsweisen zur NIR Kalibrierung – Erstellung von NIRS-Spektroskopie Kalibrierungskurven Le procedure di calibrazione NIR – Realizzazione di curve di calibrazione NIRS spettroscopia

Do you know the effect that you prefer to try out their favorite data pretreatments in combination and often try the same wavelength selections based spectra of the visualized?

You try as six to ten combinations until one of them selects his favorite calibration model, to then continue to optimize. Since then suddenly fall to outliers, because it goes in depth, so is familiar with the data, we know now the spectra of numbers of outliers and is familiar with the extreme values.

Now, the focus is on the major components (principal components, Latent Variables, factors) and makes sure not to over-fit and under-fit not to. The whole takes a few hours and finally one is content with the model found.

So what would happen if you all in the beginning tried variants found outliers removed and re-evaluated and compared? The results would be better than that of the previous model choice? One does not try out? Because it is cumbersome and takes hours again?

We have developed a software which simplifies this so that also the number of model variations can be increased as desired. The variants generation is automated with an intelligent control system, as well as the optimization and comparing the models and finally the final selection of the best calibration model.

Our software includes all the usual known data pretreatment methods (data pre-processing) and can combine them useful. Since many Preteatments are directly dependent on the wavelength selection, such as the normalization the determined within a wavelength range of the scaling factors to normalize the spectra so that pretreatments with the wavelength ranges may be combined. So a variety of settings sensible model comes together that are all calculated and optimized. For the automatic selection of the relevant wavelength ranges, different methods are used, which are based on the spectral intensities. Thus, for example, regions with total absorption is not used, and often interfering water bands removed or retained.

Over all the calculated model variations as a summary outlier analysis can be made. Are there any new outliers (hidden outlier) discovered, all previous models can be automatically recalculated, optimized and compared without these outliers.

From this great number of calculated models with the statistical quality reviews (prediction performance) the optimum calibration can now be selected. For this purpose, not simply sorting by the prediction error (prediction error, SEP RMSEP) or the coefficient of determination (coefficient of determination r2), but by several statistical and test values are used jointly toward the final assessment of optimal calibration.

Thus we have created a platform that allows the highly automated work what a man can never do with a commercial software.

We therefore offer the largest number of matched to your application problem modeling calculations and choose the best calibration for you!

This means that our results are faster, more accurate, robust and objective basis (person independent) and quite easy for you to apply.

You have the full control of the models supplied by us, because we provide a clearly structured and detailed blueprint of the complete calibration, with all settings and parameters, with all necessary statistical characteristics and graphics.

Using this blueprint, you can adjust the quantitative calibration model itself in the software you use, understand and compare. You have everything under control form model creation, model validation and model refinement.

Your privacy is very important to us. The NIR data that you briefly provide us for the custom calibration development will remain of course your property. Your NIR data will be deleted after the job with us.


Start Calibrate


Interested, then do not hesitate to contact us.

Kennen Sie den Effekt, dass Sie bevorzugt ihre Lieblings-Datenvorbehandlungen in Kombination durchprobieren und oft die gleichen Wellenlängen-Selektionen anhand der visualisierten Spektren ausprobieren?

Man probiert z.B. sechs bis zehn Kombinationen aus, bis man davon sein favorisiertes Kalibrationsmodell auswählt, um es dann weiter zu optimieren. Da fallen dann plötzlich Ausreisser (Outlier) auf, weil man in die Tiefe geht, also mit den Daten vertraut ist, man kennt mittlerweile die Spektren-Nummern der Ausreisser und ist mit den Extremwerten vertraut.

Jetzt fokussiert man sich auf die Hauptkomponenten (Principal Components, Latent Variables, Faktoren) und achtet darauf nicht zu über-fitten und nicht zu unter-fitten. Das ganze dauert ein paar Stunden und schliesslich begnügt man sich mit dem gefundenen Modell.

Was wäre nun, wenn man in all den zu Beginn ausprobierten Varianten, die gefundenen Ausreisser entfernt und nochmals berechnet und vergleicht? Wären die Ergebnisse besser als die von der bisherigen Modell Wahl? Man probiert es nicht aus? Weil es mühsam ist und wieder Stunden dauert?

Wir haben eine Software entwickelt die dies so vereinfacht, dass auch die Anzahl der Modell Variationen beliebig erhöht werden kann. Die Varianten Erzeugung läuft automatisiert mit einem intelligenten Regelsystem, so auch die Optimierung und das Vergleichen der Modelle und schliesslich die finale Auswahl des Besten Kalibrations Modell.

Unsere Software beinhaltet alle üblichen bekannten Datenvorbehandlungs Methoden (Preteatments) und kann diese sinnvoll kombinieren. Da viele Preteatments direkt abhängig sind von der Wellenlängen Selektion, so z.B. die Normalisierungen die innerhalb eines Wellenlängen-Bereiches die Skalierungsfaktoren ermittelt, um die Spektren damit zu normieren, werden die Pretreatments mit dem Wellenlängen-Bereichen kombiniert. So kommt eine Vielzahl von sinnvollen Modell Einstellungen zusammen die alle berechnet und optimiert werden.

Für die automatische Auswahl der relevanten Wellenlängen Bereiche kommen verschiedene Methoden zum Einsatz, die sich an den Spektren Intensitäten orientieren. So werden z.B. Bereiche mit Totalabsorption nicht verwendet, oftmals störende Wasserbanden entfernt oder beibehalten.

Über all die berechneten Modell Variationen können so zusammenfassende Outlier Analysen gemacht werden. Werden durch die gefahrenen Versuche neue Outlier (Hidden Outlier) entdeckt, können alle bisherigen Modelle automatisch ohne diese Ausreisser nachberechnet, optimiert und verglichen werden.

Aus dieser Vielzahl berechneter Modelle mit deren Statistischen Güte Bewertungen (Prediction Performance) kann nun die optimale Kalibration ausgewählt werden. Dazu wird nicht einfach nach dem Vorhersage Fehler (Prediction Error, SEP, RMSEP) oder nach dem Bestimmtheitsmaß (Coefficient of Determination r2) sortiert, sondern mehrere Statistik- und Testwerte gemeinsam zur umfänglichen Beurteilung der optimalen Kalibration herangezogen.

Somit haben wir eine Plattform geschaffen, die es ermöglicht hochgradig automatisiert das zu tun, was ein Mensch niemals mit einer handelsüblichen Software tun kann.

Wir bieten damit die grösste Anzahl auf Ihr Applikations-Problem angepasste Modellierungs-Berechnungen und wählen die beste Kalibration für Sie aus!

Das heisst, unsere Ergebnisse sind schneller, genauer, robuster und objektiv ausgewählt (Personen unabhängig) und für Sie ganz einfach anzuwenden.

Die Kontrolle über die von uns gelieferten Modelle haben Sie vollumfänglich, denn wir liefern einen klar strukturierten und detaillierten Bauplan der  kompletten Kalibration, mit allen Einstellungen und Parametern, mit allen notwendigen Statistischen Kenngrössen und Grafiken.

Anhand dieses Bauplans können Sie das quantitative Kalibrations Modell selbst in der von Ihnen verwendeten Software nachstellen, nachvollziehen und vergleichen. Sie haben so alles im Griff, für die Modell-Validierung und die Modellpflege.

Der Datenschutz ist uns sehr wichtig. Die NIR Daten, die Sie uns für die Kalibrations-Erstellung kurzzeitig zu Verfügung stellen bleiben selbstverständlich Ihr Eigentum. Ihre NIR Daten werden nach Abschluss des Auftrags bei uns gelöscht.


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Interessiert, dann zögern Sie nicht uns zu kontaktieren.

Do you know the effect that you prefer to try out their favorite data pretreatments in combination and often try the same wavelength selections based spectra of the visualized?

You try as six to ten combinations until one of them selects his favorite calibration model, to then continue to optimize. Since then suddenly fall to outliers, because it goes in depth, so is familiar with the data, we know now the spectra of numbers of outliers and is familiar with the extreme values.

Now, the focus is on the major components (principal components, Latent Variables, factors) and makes sure not to over-fit and under-fit not to. The whole takes a few hours and finally one is content with the model found.

So what would happen if you all in the beginning tried variants found outliers removed and re-evaluated and compared? The results would be better than that of the previous model choice? One does not try out? Because it is cumbersome and takes hours again?

We have developed a software which simplifies this so that also the number of model variations can be increased as desired. The variants generation is automated with an intelligent control system, as well as the optimization and comparing the models and finally the final selection of the best calibration model.

Our software includes all the usual known data pretreatment methods (data pre-processing) and can combine them useful. Since many Preteatments are directly dependent on the wavelength selection, such as the normalization the determined within a wavelength range of the scaling factors to normalize the spectra so that pretreatments with the wavelength ranges may be combined. So a variety of settings sensible model comes together that are all calculated and optimized. For the automatic selection of the relevant wavelength ranges, different methods are used, which are based on the spectral intensities. Thus, for example, regions with total absorption is not used, and often interfering water bands removed or retained.

Over all the calculated model variations as a summary outlier analysis can be made. Are there any new outliers (hidden outlier) discovered, all previous models can be automatically recalculated, optimized and compared without these outliers.

From this great number of calculated models with the statistical quality reviews (prediction performance) the optimum calibration can now be selected. For this purpose, not simply sorting by the prediction error (prediction error, SEP RMSEP) or the coefficient of determination (coefficient of determination r2), but by several statistical and test values are used jointly toward the final assessment of optimal calibration.

Thus we have created a platform that allows the highly automated work what a man can never do with a commercial software.

We therefore offer the largest number of matched to your application problem modeling calculations and choose the best calibration for you!

This means that our results are faster, more accurate, robust and objective basis (person independent) and quite easy for you to apply.

You have the full control of the models supplied by us, because we provide a clearly structured and detailed blueprint of the complete calibration, with all settings and parameters, with all necessary statistical characteristics and graphics.

Using this blueprint, you can adjust the quantitative calibration model itself in the software you use, understand and compare. You have everything under control form model creation, model validation and model refinement.

Your privacy is very important to us. The NIR data that you briefly provide us for the custom calibration development will remain of course your property. Your NIR data will be deleted after the job with us.


Start Calibrate


Interested, then do not hesitate to contact us.

How to develop near-infrared spectroscopy calibrations in the 21st Century? / Wie werden Nahinfrarotspektroskopie Kalibrierungen im 21. Jahrhundert entwickelt?

The Problem

Calibration modeling is a complex and very important part of NIR spectroscopy, especially for quantitative analysis. If the model is badly designed the best instrument precision and highest data quality does not help getting good and robust measurement results. And NIR Spectroscopy requires periodically recalibration and validation.

How are NIR models built today?

In a typical usage in industry, a single person is responsible to develop the models (see survey). He or she uses a Chemometric software that has a click-and-wait working process to adjust all the possible settings for the used algorithms in dialogs and wait for calculations and graphics and then to think about the next modeling steps and the time is limited to do so. Do we expect to find the best use-able or optimal model that way? How to develop near-infrared spectroscopy calibrations in the 21st Century?

Our Solution

Why not put all the knowledge a good model builder is using into software and let the machines do the possibilities of calculations and presenting the result? Designing the software that way, that the domain knowledge is built-in, not just only the algorithms for machine learning and make it possible to scale the calculations to multi-core computers and up to cloud servers. Extend the Chemometric Software with the Domain Knowledge and make as much computer power available as needed.

As it was since the beginning

User  → Chemometric Software → one Computer → some results to choose from

==> User's time needed to click-and-wait for creating results

Our Solution

User → (Domain Knowledge → automatized Chemometric Software) → many Computers → the best models

==> User's time used to study the best models and reasoning about his product / process

Note that the “Domain Knowledge” here does perfectly support the User's product and process knowledge to get the things done right and efficient.

Scaling at three layers

  • Knowledge : use the domain knowledge to drive the Chemometric Software
  • Chemometric Software : support many machine learning algorithms and data pre-processings and make it automatic
  • Computer : support multi-core calculations and scale it to the cloud
The hard part in doing this, is of course the aggregation of the needed domain knowledge and transform it into software. The Domain Knowledge for building Chemometric NIR Spectroscopic models is well known and it's huge and spreads multiple disciplines. Knowledge-driven software for computing helps to find the gold needle in the haystacks. It's all about scaling that makes it possible. See Proof of Concept.

New possibilities

  • NIR users can get help working more efficient and getting better models.
  • New types of applications for NIR can be discovered.
  • Evaluation of NIR Applications to replace conventional analytical methods.
  • Hopeless calibrations development efforts can be re-started.
  • Higher model accuracy and robustness can be delivered.
  • Automate the experimental data part of your application study.
  • Person independent optimization will show new solutions, because it's not limited by a single mindset => combining all the aggregated knowledge and its combinations.
  • Software independent optimization will show new solutions, because none of vendor specific limitations and missing algorithms are present => combining all open available algorithms and there permutations.
  • Computing service is included.

Contact us for trial

Your NIR data is modeled by thousands of different useful calibration models and you get the best of them! That was not possible before in such a easy and fast way! Start Calibrate See How it works

Summary of the NIR Chemometric survey pollsSummary of the NIR Chemometric survey polls

Summary of the NIR Chemometric survey polls (as of end of Sept. 2013)

The interesting finding is that most of the answers fit the following pattern. The most companies that use NIR have one NIR Instrument and only one employee that is able to develop NIR calibrations. For that the most common off-the-shelf chemometrics program is used and spent 2 hours or over a month and therefore gets no calibration training about the complex topics like Chemometrics and NIR Spectroscopy or only once (introduction). The calibration maintenance ranges from never to 3 times a year. Interestingly, there was no one who uses portable NIR instruments. We continue our surveys, for the discovery of new trends. Conclusion Seeing this picture, we think that there is huge potential to improve the calibrations. Advanced knowledge can help individuals to build the calibrations with best practices and improve their models accuracy and reliability. Once the decision and investment in NIR technology is done, you should get the best out of your data, because this extra NIR performance can be given by calibration optimization. We offer this as an easy to use and independent service.

Summary of the NIR Chemometric survey polls (as of end of Sept. 2013)

The interesting finding is that most of the answers fit the following pattern. The most companies that use NIR have one NIR Instrument and only one employee that is able to develop NIR calibrations. For that the most common off-the-shelf chemometrics program is used and spent 2 hours or over a month and therefore gets no calibration training about the complex topics like Chemometrics and NIR Spectroscopy or only once (introduction). The calibration maintenance ranges from never to 3 times a year. Interestingly, there was no one who uses portable NIR instruments. We continue our surveys, for the discovery of new trends. Conclusion Seeing this picture, we think that there is huge potential to improve the calibrations. Advanced knowledge can help individuals to build the calibrations with best practices and improve their models accuracy and reliability. Once the decision and investment in NIR technology is done, you should get the best out of your data, because this extra NIR performance can be given by calibration optimization. We offer this as an easy to use and independent service.

Customized NIR CalibrationsAngepasste NIR KalibrationenTarature NIR personalizzate

Increase Your Profit with optimized NIR Accuracy


We help you to find the optimal settings for higher NIR accuracy and reliability.

You can build your own custom NIR calibration model with this valuable settings.

We offer a quantitative NIR Calibration development and optimization service.

New: free NIR-Predictor Software

White Paper about the details, what's behind.

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Improve NIR Measurement Accuracy

  • going closer to your product specification limits and maximize profitability
  • optimizing your models yield to process optimization and optimizing productivity
  • compete against other NIR vendors in a feasibility study (NIR salesman)

Easy to use

  • compatible with any NIR vendor
  • no installation, no learning
  • quantitative NIR Calibration Development as a Service

Safety

  • help users avoid common pitfalls of method development
  • before you validate and approve your solution for use in production process:
    • check if a better calibration can be found,
    • compare your calibration with other experts solutions.

Speed

  • no cumbersome trial-and-error modeling steps
  • calculation time is spent on our high performance infrastructure
  • fast results, developed calibrations within days

Fix price

  • fix costs, depends only on data size (not hourly rate for service)
  • huge saving in method development costs
  • easy to plan
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Steigern Sie Ihren Gewinn mit optimierter NIR Genauigkeit


Wir helfen Ihnen, die optimalen Einstellungen für eine höhere NIR Genauigkeit und Zuverlässigkeit zu finden.

Sie können Ihre eigenen NIR-Kalibrierungs Modelle mit diesen optimierten Einstellungen erzeugen.

Wir bieten einen quantitative NIR-Kalibrierung und Optimierungs Service.

Neu: free NIR-Predictor Software

White Paper (English) über die Details, was dahinter steckt.

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NIR Messgenauigkeit Verbessern

  • näher an Ihre Produkt Spezifikationsgrenzwerte gehen und Rentabilität maximieren
  • Optimierung Ihrer Modelle ergeben eine Prozessoptimierung und Optimierung der Produktivität
  • Wettbewerb gegen andere NIR-Anbieter in einer Machbarkeitsstudie

Einfach anzuwenden

  • kompatibel mit jedem NIR Anbieter
  • keine Installation, kein Lernen
  • quantitative NIR Calibration Development as a Service

Sicherheit

  • hilft häufige Fehler bei der Methodenentwicklung zu vermeiden
  • bevor Sie Ihre Lösung validieren und freigeben für den Einsatz in der Produktion:
    • überprüfen Sie ob eine bessere Kalibrierung gefunden werden kann
    • vergleichen Sie Ihre Kalibrierung mit Lösungen anderer Experten

Geschwindigkeit

  • keine umständliche Versuch-und-Irrtum Modellierungs Schritte
  • Rechenzeit auf unseren Hochleistungs-Infrastruktur auslagern
  • schnelle Ergebnisse, Kalibrierungen innerhalb weniger Tage entwickelt

Festpreisangebote

  • Fixkosten, hängt nur von Datengröße ab (nicht Stundensatz für Service)
  • enorme Einsparung bei den Methodenentwicklungs Kosten
  • einfach zu planen
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Increase Your Profit with optimized NIR Accuracy


We help you to find the optimal settings for higher NIR accuracy and reliability.

You can build your own custom NIR calibration model with this valuable settings.

We offer a quantitative NIR Calibration development and optimization service.

New: free NIR-Predictor Software

White Paper about the details, what's behind.

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Improve NIR Measurement Accuracy

  • going closer to your product specification limits and maximize profitability
  • optimizing your models yield to process optimization and optimizing productivity
  • compete against other NIR vendors in a feasibility study (NIR salesman)

Easy to use

  • compatible with any NIR vendor
  • no installation, no learning
  • quantitative NIR Calibration Development as a Service

Safety

  • help users avoid common pitfalls of method development
  • before you validate and approve your solution for use in production process:
    • check if a better calibration can be found,
    • compare your calibration with other experts solutions.

Speed

  • no cumbersome trial-and-error modeling steps
  • calculation time is spent on our high performance infrastructure
  • fast results, developed calibrations within days

Fix price

  • fix costs, depends only on data size (not hourly rate for service)
  • huge saving in method development costs
  • easy to plan
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NIR Calibration ModelingNIR Kalibrationsentwicklung

The majority of NIR calibrations are generated using a small number of different parameter settings and all too often are restricted to the time a user has available, their spectroscopic and chemometric knowledge and their ability (tedious use of the software) to choose and combine all the possible parameter settings required for good calibrations.

There are many published standards and guidelines (protocols) available for developing NIR calibrations from Standards Consortium such as ASTM, EMEA, ICH, IUPAC, ISO, USP, PASG etc. as well as many good recommendations and guidelines found in various textbooks and papers.

The difficulty with so many ‘Protocols’ for the NIR user is to have them all available and in their thought processes during calibration work and in addition to execute, check and challenge all calibrations generated manually. This is time consuming and sometimes boring repetitive work.

To simplify this for the person generating the NIR Calibrations, we have collected the good practices protocols and integrated them into our service that automates the calibration building and evaluation procedures.

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Die Mehrheit der NIR Kalibrierungen werden unter Verwendung einer kleinen Anzahl von verschiedenen Parametereinstellungen erzeugt und allzu oft eingeschränkt durch die zu Verfügung stehende Zeit die ein Benutzer hat, deren spektroskopisches und chemometrisches Fachwissen und die Fähigkeit (mühsames bedienen der Software) alle möglichen Parametereinstellungen zu wählen und zu kombinieren, die für gute Kalibrierungen erforderlich sind.

Es gibt viele veröffentlichte Normen und Richtlinien (Protokolle) für die Entwicklung von NIR-Kalibrierungen von Normierungsbehörden wie ASTM, EMEA, ICH, IUPAC, ISO, USP, PASG etc. sowie viele gute Empfehlungen und Richtlinien die in verschiedenen Lehrbüchern und Fachbeiträgen gefunden werden können.

Die Schwierigkeit mit so vielen 'Protokollen' für den NIR Benutzer besteht darin, dass sie alle verfügbar und in ihren Denkprozessen präsent sind während der Kalibrierungs Arbeit und zusätzlich beim Ausführen, Überprüfen und Bewerten aller manuell erzeugten Kalibrierungen. Dies ist zeitaufwendig und manchmal langweilig wiederholende Arbeit.

Um dies für die Person die NIR-Kalibrierung entwickeln zu vereinfachen, haben wir die guten Praktiken Protokolle gesammelt und sie in unseren Service integriert, der die Kalibrierungs Erstellung und das Evaluierungsverfahren automatisiert.

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The majority of NIR calibrations are generated using a small number of different parameter settings and all too often are restricted to the time a user has available, their spectroscopic and chemometric knowledge and their ability (tedious use of the software) to choose and combine all the possible parameter settings required for good calibrations.

There are many published standards and guidelines (protocols) available for developing NIR calibrations from Standards Consortium such as ASTM, EMEA, ICH, IUPAC, ISO, USP, PASG etc. as well as many good recommendations and guidelines found in various textbooks and papers.

The difficulty with so many ‘Protocols’ for the NIR user is to have them all available and in their thought processes during calibration work and in addition to execute, check and challenge all calibrations generated manually. This is time consuming and sometimes boring repetitive work.

To simplify this for the person generating the NIR Calibrations, we have collected the good practices protocols and integrated them into our service that automates the calibration building and evaluation procedures.

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Recent advanced chemometric methodsNeueste weiterentwickelte chemometrische Methoden

You are searching for recent advanced chemometric methods to get better calibration models for NIR? Methods and algorithms like:
  • Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
  • General Regression Neural Networks (GR-NN)
  • RBF Neural Networks (RBF-NN)
  • Support Vector Machines (SVM)
  • Multiway Partial Least Squares (MPLS),
  • Orthogonal PLS (OPLS), (O-PLS), OPLS-AA, OPLS-ANN
  • R-PLS, UVE-PLS, RUVE-PLS, LOCAL PLS
  • Hierarchical Kernel Partial Least Squares (HKPLS)
  • Random Forest (RF)
  • etc.
and data pre-processing methods like
  • Extended Multiplicative Signal Correction (EMSC)
  • Orthogonal Signal Correction (OSC)
  • Dynamic Orthogonal Projection (DOP)
  • Error Removal by Orthogonal Subtraction (EROS)
  • External Parameter Orthogonalization (EPO)
  • etc.
that are partly available as modules for software packages like Matlab, Octave, R-Project, etc. Why invest a lot of time and money with new tools? Have you tried it really hard to optimize your calibrations with standard chemometrics methods like Partial Least Squares (PLS), Principal Component Regression (PCR) and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) which are available in all chemometric software packages? Are you sure you have tried all the good rules and optimization possibilities? Get it done right with the compatible standard methods, we are specialized in optimization and development of NIR calibrations, let us help you, give us a try!Sie suchen nach den neusten weiterentwickelten chemometrischen Methoden, um bessere NIR-Kalibrierungs Modelle zu erstellen? Methoden und Algorithmen wie:
  • Künstliche Neuronale Netze (KNN, ANN)
  • Allgemeine Regression Neural Networks (GR-NN)
  • RBF Neuronale Netze (RBF-NN)
  • Support Vector Machines (SVM)
  • Multiway Partial Least Squares (MPLS)
  • Orthogonale PLS (OPLS), (O-PLS), OPLS-AA, OPLS-ANN
  • R-PLS, UVE-PLS, Rüve-PLS, PLS LOCAL
  • Hierarchische Kernel Partial Least Squares (HKPLS)
  • Random Forest (RF)
  • usw.
und Daten-Vorverarbeitungs Methoden wie
  • Erweiterte Multiplikative Signal Correction (EMSC)
  • Orthogonale Signal Correction (OSC)
  • Dynamische orthogonale Projektion (DOP)
  • Fehlerbeseitigung durch orthogonale Subtraktion (EROS)
  • Externe Parameter Orthogonalisierung (EPA)
  • usw.
die z.T. erhältlich sind als Module für Software-Pakete wie Matlab, Octave, R-Project, usw. Warum viel Zeit und Geld investieren in neue Werkzeuge? Haben Sie es wirklich ausgiebig versucht, Ihre Kalibrierungen mit Standard-Methoden zu optimieren? Zu den chemometrischen Standard-Methoden gehören Partial Least Squares (PLS), Principal Component Regression (PCR) und multiple lineare Regression (MLR), diese sind verfügbar in nahezu allen chemometrischen Software-Paketen. Sind Sie sicher, dass Sie alle guten Regeln und Optimierungsmöglichkeiten versucht haben? Verwenden Sie einfach die üblichen kompatiblen Standard-Methoden, wir sind auf die Optimierung und Erstellung von NIR-Kalibrierungen spezialisiert, lassen Sie uns helfen, kontaktieren Sie uns!