Chemometrics: Statistics and Computer Application in Analytical Chemistry [Paperback]

Matthias Otto (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 2007 | ISBN-10: 3527314180 | ISBN-13: 978-3527314188 | Edition: 2

This new edition contains 10 percent more worked examples as well as the addition of modern chemometric developments, such as support vector machines, wavelet transformations and multi-way analysis. With its inclusion of statistics, fuzzy theory, databases, and quality assurance, this remains the textbook with the broadest coverage, and retains such proven features as additional information provided in the margin, a glossary of terms plus an overview of suitable chemometric software.
While ideal for students of chemistry, pharmacy, biochemistry and ecology, this is equally useful for scientists in industry and research institutes.

Editorial Reviews

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"It is an excellent educational text and reference book for all interested in chemometrics and is a useful and valuable addition to any analyst's bookshelf." (Reviews, May 2009)

"Not only written for chemometrics courses within the chemistry curriculum, but also for students of pharmacy, biochemistry and ecology." (International Journal of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, 2008)

From reviews of the prior edition:

"...I am sure that I will confidently hand this book out to analytical chemists who stop by for guidance." (Technometrics)

"...I have a favorable opinion of the text and would be prepared to use it as a primary reference..." (Microchemical Journal)

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Among the textbooks for chemometrics, this is the one with the broadest coverage. Now 10 percent worked examples have been added. Modern chemometric developments such as support vector machines, wavelet transformations or multi-way analysis are now included.

From reviews of the prior edition:

"...I am sure that I will confidently hand this book out to analytical chemists who stop by for guidance."
—Technometrics

"...I have a favorable opinion of the text and would be prepared to use it as a primary reference..."
—Microchemical Journal

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Product Details

• Paperback: 343 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH; 2 edition (April 24, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3527314180
• ISBN-13: 978-3527314188
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.7 x 9.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,537,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Informative but broad, March 14, 2000

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This review is from: Chemometrics: Statistics and Computer Application in Analytical Chemistry (Paperback)

An informative book that covers a wide range of topics in chemometrics. About a third of the book deals with statistics, giving a good review to signal processing, ANOVA, t-tests, etc. For someone that wanted a book dealing only with chemometrics, it is disappointing to find a big portion of the book dedicated to basic statistics. A lot of topics are covered but not all in much detail. For example, there are 3 pages on SIMCA, 4 pages on PCR and PLS. There are more details when you get into the sections on neural networks and fuzzy theory. The examples are OK but not always easy to follow if you are not familiar with a particular method because steps are skipped. This book is a great overview of chemometrics-useful to refresh memories or get new ideas for data treatment- but needs to be supplemented with additional resources to learn more any one particular method. Fortunately the author includes a "general reading" section at the end of each chapter which provides references for books with more details.