Advanced Chemistry
Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs), and Eigenvector Research, Inc. (EVRI), announce
a collaboration to integrate ACD/Labs' UV-IR Manager software with the Eigenvector
DataSet Standard Data Object. This integration will provide the ability to read
and write the DataSet Object (DSO) directly into and from ACD/UV-IR Manager,
allowing full interoperability between ACD/Labs' processing software and Eigenvector's
chemometric analysis tools available in PLS_Toolbox.
Eigenvector created
the DataSet object as a tool to facilitate data set handling within MATLABTM,
and to enhance the exchange and translation of complete data sets between file
types. When added to a MATLAB installation, DataSet creates a new object type
(DSO) in MATLAB that integrates all of the separate components associated with
a data set into a single variable. For typical data sets, this could include
the matrix of spectra, the wavelength axis, sample labels, numbers, class and
reference variables, and other key parts. The DSO may be freely downloaded from
Eigenvector's website at www.software.eigenvector.com/DataSet/.
Through integration
with the DSO, complete chemometrics data sets will be easily transferred from
MATLAB to ACD/UV-IR Manager or vice-versa, which provides the industry-leading
tools required to visualize, analyze, process, store, and report any optical
technique that lies within 1 cm-1 to 100 000 cm-1 (100 to 10 000 000 nm). In
addition, UV-IR Manager incorporates specialized application tools and expert
systems that supplement analytical knowledge through a structurally-aware algorithm.
Barry Wise, Ph.D.,
President, Eigenvector Research, Inc., states, "While MATLAB is an extremely
powerful and flexible computation environment, until now, analytical data sets
containing disparate parts have produced very cluttered workspaces. The DataSet
Object was created to bring order to the MATLAB workspace and allow MATLAB based
tools, such as our PLS_Toolbox, to access all the parts of a data set in a reliable,
consistent way. The DSO also makes a great target for data translation between
programs. This allows users greater choice and flexibility in analysis tools,
and ultimately adds value to analytical data."
Antony Williams,
Ph.D., V.P. Scientific Development and Marketing at ACD/Labs, adds, "Chemometrics
allows for the extraction of the maximum information content from a complex
data set. With the integration between Eigenvector and ACD/Labs modules in place,
scientists have the opportunity to use the best-in-class software available
to extract knowledge from data."
About
Eigenvector Research
Eigenvector Research,
Inc. (EVRI) is a Chemometrics Research and Applications Company located in Manson,
Washington, USA. EVRI's mission is to provide advanced chemometrics support
for the semiconductor and chemical process industries, consumer product manufacturers
and analytical instrument developers. With an experienced staff, Eigenvector
Research is well prepared to apply modern multivariate statistical methods to
your data while keeping a firm grasp of the underlying chemical aspects of the
system. Information about EVRI and its products can be found at www.eigenvector.com.
About
Advanced Chemistry Development
Advanced Chemistry
Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is a chemistry software company offering solutions
that truly integrate chemical structures with analytical chemistry information
to produce ChemAnalytics™. ACD/Labs creates innovative software packages
that aid chemical research scientists worldwide with spectroscopic validation
of structures, elucidation of unknown substances, chromatographic separation,
medicinal chemistry, preformulation of novel drug agents, systematic nomenclature
generation, and chemical patenting and publication. Combined, ACD/Labs' solutions
create an analytical informatics system that provides dramatic feed-forward
effects on the chemical and pharmaceutical research process. Founded in 1993,
and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, ACD/Labs employs a team of over 100 dedicated
individuals whose continual efforts carry ACD/Labs' innovative technologies
into pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and materials companies throughout the
world. Information about Advanced Chemistry Development and its products can
be found at www.acdlabs.com