UFVA, A Combined Linear and Nonlinear Factor Analysis Program Package for Chemical Data Evaluation.

Abstract

UFVA, an underlying variable factor analysis program is described. The theories of principal component analysis and nonlinear least squares projection techniques are outlined and compared. Several applications from various chemical fields are presented which show that a complete analysis of the underlying structure and dimensionality of a chemical data set should always included these nonlinear projection techniques. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA092213

Entities

People

  • Bruce R. Kowalski
  • Clements Jochum

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Isoprene
  • Materials Science
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Organic Compounds
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Terpenes
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

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