Issue 9, 2014

Principal component analysis

Abstract

Principal component analysis is one of the most important and powerful methods in chemometrics as well as in a wealth of other areas. This paper provides a description of how to understand, use, and interpret principal component analysis. The paper focuses on the use of principal component analysis in typical chemometric areas but the results are generally applicable.

Graphical abstract: Principal component analysis

Article information

Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
28 Oct 2013
Accepted
17 Feb 2014
First published
24 Mar 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Anal. Methods, 2014,6, 2812-2831

Author version available

Principal component analysis

R. Bro and A. K. Smilde, Anal. Methods, 2014, 6, 2812 DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41907J

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